Quote by Johann von Goethe

Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. 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.

Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make

Summary

This quote highlights nine essential qualities needed for a contented life. It emphasizes the importance of good health, sufficient wealth, and strength to overcome challenges. It emphasizes the need for grace to acknowledge our faults and seek improvement, patience to persist until positive outcomes are achieved, and charity to see the goodness in others. Furthermore, it emphasizes the power of love to motivate us to be of service to others, faith to deepen our connection with the divine, and hope to alleviate fears about the unknown future. These requisites collectively contribute to a fulfilling and satisfactory life.

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By Johann von Goethe

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