#content

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.' ↗

— Dalai Lama

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My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more. ↗

— Charles Lamb

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The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible Stratagem to purge their Tribe, and reduce their Multitude into far less Numbers. ↗

— John Lawson

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Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

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Superstitions and belief in magic are perennial in just the same way as religion, and something near to being universal among mankind; and why this is so may be interesting, but in most cases the beliefs themselves are devoid of interesting content, at least to me. ↗

— Bryan Magee

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A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#contentment #attitude

We are to introduce our people into the life of the Church, which is salvation, that they may grasp its meaning, its contents and purpose, to taste and see how good the Lord is. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

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The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way. ↗

— Henry Miller

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Games have grown and developed from this limited in-the-box experience to something that's everywhere now. Interactive content is all around us, networked, ready. This is something I've been hoping for throughout my career. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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