CONTENTMENT

知足
The Bible teaches us to be content with what we have but never with what we are.

聖經教導我們要滿足我們所有，但卻不能對自我滿意。
The Christians is called upon to make his material possessions immaterial.

基督徒蒙召為的是將他擁有的有形財富變成無形的。
A contented mind is a continual feast.

知足的心是永久擺設的盛宴。
Let your riches consist, not in the largeness of your possessions, but in the fewness of your wants.

讓你的富足不取決於擁有最多財物，而在於你所需的是何等微薄。
It is best riches not to desire riches.

Thomas Brooks

不奢求富足就是最好的富足。
Contentment makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Benjamin Franklin

知足讓窮人變得富有，未能知足卻讓富人變得貧窮。
Contentment consisteth not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire; not in multiplying of wealth, but in subtracting men's desires.

Thomas Fuller

知足之道不再添加燃料，而是讓火小一點；不是使財富倍加，而是使需求減少。
The holy person is the only contented man in the world.

William Gurnall

聖人就是世間唯一知足的人。
The wealthiest man is he who is contented with least.

Socrates

最富足的人就是能滿足於擁有最少的人。
No chance is evil to him that is content.

Jeremy Taylor

知足者，魔鬼無懈可擊。
There are nine requisites for contented living:

Health enough to make work pleasures.
Wealth enough to support your needs.
Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them.
Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them.
Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished.
Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor.
Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others.
Faith enough to make real the things of God.
Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

滿足的生活有九項要件：

健康足以使工作愉快。
財富足以支持生活的需求。
力量足以迎戰困難，加以克服。
品德足以懺悔罪過，加以放棄。
堅毅足以耐苦，終致達成若干成就。
寬大足以發現鄰居的優點。
愛心足以使本身有用、助人。
信心足以使上蒼意旨成真。
希望足以驅除一切有關未來的焦慮恐懼。