Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength enough 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 goods 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.
Summary
This quote highlights nine essential qualities for leading a contented life. It emphasizes the importance of having good health, sufficient wealth, and inner strength to conquer challenges. Additionally, it mentions grace in the form of self-reflection and amending past wrongdoings, as well as patience to persist until positive outcomes are achieved. The quote further emphasizes the need for charity and love towards others, which drives us to be helpful and valuable in their lives. It also acknowledges the significance of faith to connect with the divine and hope to dispel worries about the unknown future.