Posts tagged "contentment"
Desire
"He who knows contentment is rich; there is no disaster greater than not being content." -Lao Tse
Desire
Throughout the world and across centuries sages have advised that the way to overcome desire is not by fulfilling it, but by mastering our desires. Perfect mastery of our desires is probably not possible, but a relative mastery seems acceptable. By learning to sort our desires and choosing to fulfill some, while attempting to reduce others, is a more practical approach than the extremes that promise 'perfect' happiness.
Content, adj,. Having one's desires bounded by what one has (though that may be less than one could have wished); not disturbed by the desire of anything more, or of anything different.
- Oxford Enfglish Dictionary
Little is needed to make a wise man happy, but nothing can content a fool. That is why nearly all men are miserable.
- La Rochefoucauld
