The world is a bridge; pass over it, but build no houses upon it.
—Attributed to Jesus on the Buland Darwaza
What is contentment? To renounce all craving for what is not obtained unsought and to be satisfied with what comes unsought, without being elated or depressed even by them—this is contentment. As long as one is not satisfied in the self, he will be subjected to sorrow. With the rise of contentment the purity of one's heart blooms. The contented man who possesses nothing owns the world.
Jesus said, "Be passersby."
—The Gospel of Thomas, Logion 42
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