Seneca the Younger Quotes

It don't take a lot to make me happy. I'm not spoiled like that.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

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

The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have.

It's really not about what you have. It's about how you're able to enjoy life in general.

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.'

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

O ye gods, grant unto me to have little and to want nothing.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

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

I've learned how to appreciate what I have. And it's a lot. I'm very lucky.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

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

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

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

Not everything is about money.

I don't need many things. I don't need glamour and attention to be happy. I'm very happy being settled and working my butt off and trying to win grand slams.

How innocent, how happy, how truly delightful, even, would life be if we were to desire nothing but what is to be found upon the face of the earth: in a word, nothing but what is provided ready to our hands!

I've had a lot of great stuff - spectacular stuff - happen to me. I've got to not be a pig about life.

I'm not a showoff. My happiness comes from very basic and simple things.

I don't have a desire for material things. As long as I'm happy, I'm good, man.

If you're good, you'll get work. And if I've got food in my fridge and clothes on my back, I'll be happy.

I'm not invincible. I am not picture-perfect. The reason I am here is not because of the money; if I get to entertain people and put a smile on their face, I feel content.

One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.