I never grew up with money, and I never wanted a lot of material things.

I'm really not a materialistic person.

When a person becomes satisfied, he doesn't run after things, doesn't worry about it, and doesn't make efforts.

I'm very secure in my life.

Blessed is he who expects nothing," said Francis of Assisi, "for he shall enjoy everything.

Simplicity The primary issue here is to remove distractions and remain free from attachments.

Dreadful will be the day when the world becomes contented, when one great universal satisfaction spreads itself over the world. Sad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life that he is living, with the thoughts that he is thinking, with the deeds that he is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger which he knows that he was meant and made to do because he is a child of God.

True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, in the enjoyment of one's self, and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

I'm not a human interest story, man. I'm just a musician trying to make some small records and be happy, be peaceful.

Do not be satisfied with God's calling or his gifts in your life. Be satisfied with Jesus Christ himself.1 —LIU ZHENYING (KNOWN AS BROTHER YUN)

Some prideful people are not so concerned as to whether their wages meet their needs as they are that their wages are more than someone else's. Their reward is being a cut above the rest. This is the enmity of pride.

Pray a little more, work a little harder, save, wait, be patient and, most of all, live within our means. That's the American way. It's not spending ourselves into prosperity or taxing ourselves into prosperity.