Simplicity

“Very little is needed to live a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”

“People look for retreats: in the country, by the sea, in the mountains. Yet you are free to retreat into yourself at any hour.”

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”

“Whoever does not have two thirds of his day for himself is a slave.”

“Wealth is like seawater: the more you drink, the thirstier you become.”

“Stop arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

“It is not the one who has little who is poor, but the one who craves more.”

“One who is everywhere owns nothing. One who is at home in themselves lacks nothing.”

“Do not demand that things happen as you wish. Wish them to happen as they do, and you will be at peace.”

“Wealth is like sea water: the more we drink, the thirstier we become.”

“Nine tenths of our happiness rests on health alone.”

“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”

“What fortune has not given, it cannot take away.”

“Demand nothing that is not yours, and nothing will ever be taken from you.”

“We seldom think of what we have, but always of what we lack.”

“He who has enough is rich.”