"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
— Lao Tzu
Be Content With What You Have
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
About this quote
From Chapter 44 of the Tao Te Ching, which poses a series of rhetorical questions: is fame worth more than integrity? Is wealth worth the cost of acquiring it? The chapter concludes that knowing when to stop prevents disaster, and that contentment endures. The popular English rendering here follows Stephen Mitchell's widely read paraphrase; the Pali rendering "知足者富" (those who know sufficiency are wealthy) is the classic Chinese formulation. The concept of contentment as the highest wealth also appears in the Dhammapada (verse 204).
Source
Tao Te Ching, Chapter 44
