Jeremy Taylor Quotes

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

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.

The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

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

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

I'm not overly greedy.

Our culture highlights the desire to always have more, even when we should be grateful for what we have.

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

Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store.

Can people who hunger so desperately for what other people have ever have enough?

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

You don't find happiness by being able to buy everything you want, whenever you want it.

Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

Not everything is about money.

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.

If thou desire not to be poor, desire not to be too rich. He is rich, not that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is poor, not that enjoys little, but he that wants too much. The contented mind wants nothing which it hath not; the covetous mind wants, not only what it hath not, but likewise what it hath.

He is rich enough who does not want bread.

If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

We're surrounded by wonder, and yet we want more, and we want it bigger, faster, louder, better.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

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

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.'