Quote by Lao Tzu Download Open image ““no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot;”” — Lao Tzu ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“There is no disaster greater than not being content; There is no misfortune greater than being covetous.” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“Discontentment shows up when we focus on what we can't have rather than what we do have.” — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“Jokes in the face of calamity made one feel dirty, guilty; they also dissolved the fear and lessened the weight of uncertainty, of which… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“The lot of the man who has rebelled too much is to have no energy left except for disappointment.” — E.M. Cioran Copy Share Image
“Calamity with us, is made an excuse for doing wrong. With them, it is erected into a reason for their doing right. This is… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“It's one thing to face great odds, but even the smallest struggle, if undertaken without hope, looms and swells with the fatal poisons of… — K.W. Jeter Copy Share Image
“and then, instead of lamenting past calamities we might all cheerfully set to work to remedy them; and the greater the difficulties, the harder… — Emily Brontë Copy Share Image
“I can only conclude that worse than hunger or thirst, worse than being unemployed, unhappy in love or defeated and in despair, far worse… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“No matter what happens, disaster piled on calamity, no matter what, everything will be okay in the long run.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Calamities reveal your capabilities. Take note of this and when times get odd, prepare and shine.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“If you show yourself, you will not be seen. If you affirm yourself, you will not shine. If you boast, you will have no… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“To know and yet (think) we do not know is the highest (attainment); not to know (and yet think) we do know is a… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“If you are depressed, you are living in the past; if you are anxious, you are living in the present; if you are at… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
