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Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

From The Essential Epicurus by Epicurus

I’ve learned to be happy with what I have.

From Open by Andre Agassi

Happiness comes not from getting what we want, but from wanting what we have.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

From The Art of Living by Epictetus

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

From On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

If you want to be rich, do not add to your money, but subtract from your desire.

From On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
The hardest financial skill is getting the goalpost to stop moving.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

From The Republic by Plato

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

From The Art of Living by Epictetus

He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing.

From The Essential Epicurus by Epicurus

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

From The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

From The Dao De Jing by Laozi

Happiness is never grand.

From Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Sometimes, the simplest things can bring the greatest joy.

From Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

From The Essential Epicurus by Epicurus

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Happiness is the default state, and all else is noise.