Showing posts with label contentment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contentment. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 February 2025

Quotes: Thomas Edison

"Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure."

–– Thomas Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman 

via Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2006, p. 78. 

Friday, 16 June 2023

Quotes: 14th Dalai Lama

"If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital..." 

–– 14th Dalai Lama (b. 1935), Tibetan Buddhist monk, born Tenzin Gyatso 

Source: Elle Decoration UK, April 2018, p. 23. 

via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 140.