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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Socrates
Motivational, Happiness, Freedom
"Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book that Changes Lives". Book by Dan Millman, p. 162, 2006.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Socrates
Inspirational, Life, Happiness
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

Contentment is natural wealth.

Socrates
Happiness, Contentment, Wealth
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

Happiness is unrepented pleasure.

Socrates
Happiness, Pleasure
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.

Socrates
Happiness, Laughter, Lying

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