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Contentment Quotes
"The only way to be content in life is to make sure your NEED don't become GREED."
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"Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier."
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"I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."
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"Might not live long but I know I'ma die happy."
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"The easiest way to combat greed is by recognizing the value of contentment and simplicity."
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"Does the plain, simple beauty of life get buried under society's so-called required daily activities or is that just true of me? No, I know I'm not alone in that feeling. We all get caught up in the making and spending of money. I know it's not just me."
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"Not he who has little but he who wishes more is poor."
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"Happy? Most of the time? Happiness is always a fleeting thing,' he said, 'It never rests upon anyone as a permanent state, though many of us persist in believing in the foolish idea that if this would just happen or that we would be happy for the rest of our lives. I know moments of happiness just as most other people do. Perhaps I have learned to find it in ways that would pass some people by. I feel the summer heat here at this moment and see the trees and the water and hear that invisible gull overhead. I feel the novelty of having company when I usually come here alone. And this moment brings me happiness."
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"Most people desire comfort and pleasure."
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