Gretchen Rubin Quotes

Those who are pleased with the fewest things know the least, as those who are pleased with everything know nothing.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.

Be satisfied with what you have.

Men live best upon a little; Nature has given to all the privilege of being happy, if they but knew how to use their gifts.

Long only for what you have.

It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.

I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.

Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.

He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it.

To be satisfied with little is hard, to be satisfied with a lot is impossible.

We would be happier with what we have if we weren't so unhappy about what we don't' have

Enjoy everything. Need nothing.

Never forget that all you have is all you need.

We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.

The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have.

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

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

I don't need much to be happy.

There's only one reason why you're not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it's because you're thinking or focusing on what you don't have....But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss.

It's so much easier to be happy. It's so much easier to choose to love the things that you have, instead of always yearning for what you're missing, or what it is that you're imagining you're missing. It is so much more peaceful.