He who is contented, and master of himself, in a homely retreat, with a little, enjoys the wealth and curiosities of the world, better than the rich and powerful who possess them.
The contented person who masters themselves enjoys wealth's treasures better than the rich who merely possess them. A meditation on contentment and true riches.
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During the waning years of the depression in a small southeastern Idaho community, I used to stop by Mr. Miller's roadsi…
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A wealthy businessman was horrified to see a fisherman sitting beside his boat, playing with a small child. "Why aren't …
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One day, a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his so…
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My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.
— Joseph Brotherton
An inquisitive newspaper reporter once asked Mr. Rockefeller, one of the richest men in the world at the time, how much …
— John Davison Rockefeller
Contentment, rosy dimpled fair, Thou brightest daughter of the sky; Why dost thou to the hut repair, And from the gilded…
— Lady Manners
