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“The one who is doing his work and getting satisfaction from it is not the one the poverty bothers.”

Poverty Satisfaction Bother

Book:A Moveable Feast

Source: A Moveable Feast

“There is not such a mighty difference as some men imagine between the poor and the rich; in pomp, show, and opinion, there is a great deal, but little as to the pleasures and satisfactions of life. They enjoy the same earth and air and heavens; hunger and thirst make the poor man's meat and drink as pleasant and relishing as all the varieties which cover the rich man's table; and the labor of a poor man is more healthful, and many times more pleasant, too, than the ease and softness of the rich.”

“There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one's desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.”

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Author:Dalai Lama

“Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.”

People Poor Poverty Satisfaction Poor People

Book:So human

Source: So human

“Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.”

Giving Mind Wells Heart Care Hate Poverty Scene Give Me Satisfaction Range Splendid Grandeur Serene

Book:The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts: In Four [i.e. Five] Volumes

Source: The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts: In Four [i.e. Five] Volumes

“Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. My hunger to climb had been blunted, in short, by a bunch of small satisfactions that added up to something like happiness.”

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Book:Into Thin Air: A personal account of the Everest disaster

Source: Into Thin Air: A personal account of the Everest disaster

“Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.”

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Book:The Portable Louisa May Alcott

Source: The Portable Louisa May Alcott