Being Happy Is Knowing How To Be

My Garden Does Not Whet The Appetite; It Satisfies It. It Does Not Provoke Thirst Through Heedless Indulgence, But Slakes It By Proffering Its Natural Remedy. Amid Such Pleasures As These Have I Grown Old.

The Wealth Required By Nature Is Limited And Is Easy To Procure; But The Wealth Required By Vain Ideals Extends To Infinity.

The Flesh Believes That Pleasure Is Limitless And That It Requires Unlimited Time; But The Mind, Understanding The End And Limit Of The Flesh And Ridding Itself Of Fears Of The Future, Secures A Complete Life And Has No Longer Any Need For Unlimited Time.

Most Beautiful Is The Sight Of Those Near And Dear To Us When Our Original Kinship Makes Us Of One Mind.

No Pleasure Is Evil In Itself; But The Means By Which Certain Pleasures Are Gained Bring Pains Many Times Greater Than The Pleasures.