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Om. By the Lord alone is all this clothed — whatever moves and breathes within this moving world. Through that spirit of relinquishment, enjoy; do not covet. Whose, after all, is any wealth?
HinduTeachingContentmentDetachmentSanskrit
Isha Upanishad 1

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Isha Upanishad
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Isha Upanishad
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But one who delights only in the Self, who is satisfied only through the Self, and who is fully content in the Self alone — for that person no duty remains.
Krishna
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Bhagavad Gita 3.17
Contentment brings us joy and happiness, while dissatisfaction leads to disaster.
Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji
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He will fulfill the desires of those who fear Him, and will hear their cries, and will save them.
St. John of the Cross
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God told Prophet David, 'The servant dearest to Me is one who doesn't seek Me out of fear or hope for reward, but to fulfill their duty to My divinity.'
Al-Ghazali
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Alchemy of Happiness, p. 43