Lobsang Tenzin Quotes

Be satisfied with needs instead of wants.

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

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

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.

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

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

A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.

First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.

I have a few toys. But I live very simply.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

I am a woman of simple tastes.

I try to be more mindful and less greedy.

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

But I don't want more things than I need, either.

Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it.

Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

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

The Quaker upbringing was not strict, but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away one's worldly goods.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

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

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

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