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"True contentment... is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare."

"Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want."

"Want is always hungry and searching whereas contentment is steady, calm and receiving."

"If I continually focus on what I don't have, my life will always be completely empty despite the fact that it's completely full."

"I believe in the possibility of happiness if one cultivates intuition and outlives the grosser passions including optimism."

"He who is happy in his hut is better than he who is miserable in his palace."

"There is satisfaction in serving."

"Contentment is what should be our focus rather than expecting miracles."

"Better life begins the moment you learn to be content with what you already have."
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"Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life."

"Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin."

"The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret."
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