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No calamity is greater than discontent with one's lot, and the sufficiency of contentment endures

Drawn from what Laozi said

Subjectsambitionhappiness
What these subjects mean

ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

happiness What makes a life go well: whether it is meaning, love, virtue, enough money, or simply expecting less.

On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: Wanting less and living simply make a person richer than earning more

What Laozi actually said

  1. Laozi Chinese thinker traditionally named as the author of the Daodejing
    There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition; no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot; no fault greater than the wish to be getting. Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency.

    Where this was said

    ↗Tao Teh King, traditionally ascribed to Laozi (tr. James Legge, 1891)gutenberg.org

    c. 450–250 BCE

    All 12 korrents from this piecethis one is 7th

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