Seneca the Younger Quotes

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

Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

Be satisfied with needs instead of wants.

We shall have to practise to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.

I'm not a 'more is better' guy.

It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.

The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.

The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.

For it is better to suffer a little want than to have too much.

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

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

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

I'm not overly greedy.

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

Just because you can afford it doesn't mean you should buy it.

If you want to be happy, live discreetly. Does that make sense in English?

Whatever you want too much you can't have, so when you really want something, try to want it a little less.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

I always want more.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

Our necessities never equal our wants.