Joshua Waitzkin Quotes

The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.

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

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

That's important to me, to find the extraordinary inside the ordinary.

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

You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

India profoundly changed my outlook on life because you see how people can be content and very happy with little or even no possessions. It's the reverse of the West.

Happiness is a simple everyday miracle, like water, and we are not aware of it.

I don't need much to be happy.

I just see what's in front of me. That's what I'm happy with.

I grew up with nothing, and I know that I don't need anything to be happy. We were wearing second-hand clothing and eating leftovers, and I was so happy. Five-star hotels and private pick-ups hasn't changed that.

It would be an incalculable gain to domestic happiness, if people would begin the concert of life with their instruments tuned to a very low pitch: they who receive the most happiness are generally they who demand and expect the least.

As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path... we learn to savor the small with a grateful heart.

The less I needed, the better I felt.

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

I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment.

What I know for sure: Having the best things is no substitute for having the best life. When you can let go of the desire to acquire, you know you are really on your way.

Recognize joy when it arrives in the plain brown wrappings of everyday life.

It's the hardest thing in the world to take the mundane and try to show how special it is.

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

But there is much to be said for giving up ... grand ambitions and living the most ordinary life imaginable.

Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

That's what we're all sort of trying to do in our lives - to make the simplest things work out the best.

Human happiness, true prosperity and joyful living can only emerge from a life of elegant simplicity, embedded in the arts and crafts.