Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you have was once among the things you only hoped for.

If you wish to make Pythocles wealthy, don't give him more money; rather, reduce his desires.

If you want to make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

God wants more than anything to let us know he is with us. He sees what we are going through and he cares. Furthermore, he is such a big God that he can afford to deal with us on an intimate level, to encourage us and to wink at us and to hold our hands when we need him to do that.

Happiness is being grateful for what you have and having an attitude of gratitude instead of an attitude of envy.

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

Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.

This was hell then; it wasn't anything to worry about: it was just his own familiar room.

The more bare a life is, the more we fear change.

He had thought that home was something one possessed, but the things one had possessed were cursed with change; it was what one didn't possess that remained the same and welcomed him.