Lao Tzu Quotes

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

Enough is as good as a feast.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

I'm not overly greedy.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.

He has the most who is most content with the least.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Enough is abundance to the wise.

Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

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

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

I've had a lot of great stuff - spectacular stuff - happen to me. I've got to not be a pig about life.

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

Let your capital be simplicity and contentment.

Enough is equal to a feast.