Cecelia Ahern Quotes

How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what's already yours?

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

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

I'm no Buddhist monk, and I can't say I'm in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to print out an article I've written, or missing out on the N.B.A. Finals. But at some point, I decided that, for me at least, happiness arose out of all I didn't want or need, not all I did.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The more we have the less we own.

How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours?

Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.

If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we'd be happy with more.

Keep it, keep it!" I answered. "You are very welcome to it! It is only a couple of small things, doesn't amount to anything—about everything I own in the world.

We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.

Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast, select the best, and then reflect how eagerly they would have been sought, if thou hadst them not. At the same time, however, take care that thou dost not, through being so pleased with them, accustom thyself to overvalue them, so as to be disturbed if ever thou shouldst not have them.

Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you.

One of the secrets to life is saying yes to change and allowing things to transition, but I also think you have to mark the time and give thanks for all that it gave you.

As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.

When they give you things, ask yourself why. When you're grateful to them for giving you the things you should have anyway, ask yourself why.

Better a dish of husks to the accompaniment of a muted lute than to be satiated with stewed shark's fin and rich spiced wine of which the cost is frequently mentioned by the provider.

Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.

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

There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go.

The better we are at accepting the limits of our world, the more easily we can embrace what we have.

I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.

It is more blessed to give than to receive, but then it is also more blessed to be able to do without than to have to have.

We are all of us richer than we think we are; but we are taught to borrow and to beg, and brought up more to make use of what is another's than of our own.