Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.
Marie Von Ebner-EschenbachRead
To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.
Interpretation
Finding contentment with little is challenging, and achieving it with much is even more so.
This quote highlights the difficulty of achieving true contentment, suggesting that it is naturally more challenging to be satisfied with what one has, especially when possessing much. It reflects on human nature and our tendency to desire more, implying that true happiness might not come from material wealth but rather from appreciating simplicity.
In practice
In a motivational speech about finding joy in life's simple pleasures.
Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servantsβ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.
Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.
In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.
Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
Maman used to say that you can always find something to be happy about. In my prison, when the sky turned red and a new day slipped into my cell, I found out that she was right.
I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cannot buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we receive from those around us.
Life should be blissful, and blissful doesn't mean just a small happiness. It's huge. It is profound.
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