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"Never be content with your work, your relationships, your life. That's the stupid advice philosophers give today."
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"Want is always hungry and searching whereas contentment is steady, calm and receiving."
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"He who is happy in his hut is better than he who is miserable in his palace."
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"Better life begins the moment you learn to be content with what you already have."
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"I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence."
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"In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record."
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"The wealth we receive from God will never cause us to weep."
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"Man needs only a small patch of earth for his pleasures, and a smaller one still to rest beneath."
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"I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart."
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"Being satisfied with the little we have; academically, spiritually, financially, ecumenically or otherwise will prevent a lot of problems from coming to us, and our dependence in our abilities and talents will go as far as bringing us satisfaction in life."
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"Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are."
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"What saves us from succumbing to utter meaninglessness is not reason but instinct."
Instinct
"Hate is only misdirected energy: it gets you nowhere."
Emotion
"It's not the wound that teaches, but the healing."
Healing
"If loving comes easy, nothing else seems hard."
Love
"Even blind alleys lead somewhere."
Life
"Language is a ladder that always falls short of reality."
Communication
"Love is as irrational as hate and just as unpredictable."
Emotion
"Be unprepared, that's my motto. Be unprepared, and let life overwhelm you."
Preparedness
"Music-a country one can inhabit only in music."
Art
"Everyone I meet wants to give me directions, but I'm not lost."
Life
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