Stephen R. Donaldson Quotes

For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough. I'm enough. My kids are enough.

I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

I never want to be anything more than I am; what I don't have, I don't need.

I never had everything I wanted, but I never wanted for anything.

Who lives content with little possesses everything.

Confidence equals contentment with self; contentment is knowing you have all you need for the present circumstances.

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

We need to develop a sense of sufficiency to be happy.

Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.

To be content means that you realize you contain what you seek.

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where they are, I know they suffice for those who belong to them.

From tiny, tiny waves of joy, one gets to the ocean of happiness, which is called bliss.

All wanting comes from need, therefore from lack, therefore from suffering.

Make peace with the knowledge that you can't have everything you want. Why? Because it's more important for us to get everything we need.

If you want something then you lose everything. If you don’t want anything then you already have everything.

All that you need in order to have total happiness, fulfillment, and love in your life you already have right now, whoever you are, wherever you are.

All his life he would hold this moment as exemplary of what love was. It was not wanting anything more, nor was it expecting people to exceed what they had just accomplished; it was simply feeling so complete.

In this moment that blooms and fades as it passes, he is enough, and all is well in the world.

Contentment is realizing that God has already provided everything we need for our present happiness.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in wanting no more than you have.

If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.

To know what one can have and to do with it, being prepared for no more, is the basis of equilibrium.