Pope Francis Quotes

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

We need to develop a sense of sufficiency to be happy.

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

Some of the happiest people I know have none of the things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy.

I don't need much to be happy.

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

My father's nature turned out no waste product; he had none of that useless stuff in him that lies in heaps near factories. He took his own happiness with him.

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

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

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

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.

I never want to be anything more than I am; what I don't have, I don't need.

I don't need a lot to make me happy.

Wealth is enjoying what we already have, not getting more of what we think will make us happy.

A simple life is its own reward.

Let your capital be simplicity and contentment.

To be content means that you realize you contain what you seek.

You don't have to have more in order to be happy.

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

Happiness consists not in having much, but in wanting no more than you have.

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection.

I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.