Albert Schweitzer Quotes

O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.

The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches.

I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.

Happiness is the legal-tender of the soul. Joy is wealth.

True wealth is not of the pocket, but of the heart and of the mind.

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.

Success is not just money in the bank but a contented heart and peace of mind.

Contentment is natural wealth.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.

And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now.

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.

He who is contented is rich.

For me, the Lord has opened the windows of heaven and showered blessings upon my family beyond my ability to express.

I've gotten to a point, where I realize that happiness doesn't come from the outside.

Happiness can't start with external stuff, whether that's money or success or your body.

Most people would assume my business success, and the wealth that comes with it, have brought me happiness. But I know I am successful, wealthy, and connected because I am happy.

True wealth is not measured by how much money you've got in the bank or how many toys you've got. Some of the happiest people in the world don't have a crying quarter, but they've got all the things that mean a lot to them.

I feel blessed by God.

I just thank God for giving me the body that I have.

Your real wealth can be measured not by what you have but by who you are.

Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth. They are looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love, while they have a treasure within that not only includes all those things but is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

If gratitude, when exerted towards another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture when it is employed on this great object of gratitude to the beneficent Being who has given us everything we already possess, and from whom we expect everything we yet hope for.

He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.