Seneca the Younger Quotes

I have more than I will ever need for one life.

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

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

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.'

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

He has missed the finest lesson of culture and experience who has not learned how to enjoy without owning.

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

The happiest people, the ones you like the most, they're never worried about being rich.

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

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

After I had money, I realized about all that all the things I thought I wanted that I don't need a lot of stuff. If there's anything I get excited by, it's a nice car.

When you stop needing more of everything, more of what you desire seems to arrive in your life.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

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

People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do?

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

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

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

The more you own, the more you know you don't own.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.

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

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

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.