The fountain of contentment must spring up in the mind, and they who have so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but their own disposition, will waste their lives in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief they propose to remove.
~Samuel Johnson
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Truth is like the stars;
it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night.
Truth is like all beautiful things in the world;
it does not disclose its desirability except
to those who first feel the influence of falsehood.
Truth is a deep kindness
that teaches us to be content in our everyday life
and share with the people the same happiness.
~Khalil Gibran
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Even though you have ten thousand fields,
you can eat no more than one measure of rice a day.
Even though your dwelling contains a hundred rooms,
you can use but eight feet of space a night.
~Chinese proverb