الْعَجْزُ اشْتِغَالُكَ بِالْمَضْمُونِ لَكَ عَنِ الْمَفْرُوضِ عَلَيْكَ وَتَرْكُ الْقَنَاعَةِ بِمَا أُوتِيتَ

Inability [and failure] is [in] occupying yourself with that which has been guaranteed for you instead of that which has been made obligatory upon you, and abandoning contentment with what you have been given

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم

مَنْ لَمْ يَقْنَعْ بِمَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ تَعَنَّى

One who is not satisfied with what has been decreed for him faces hardship

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم

مَنْ عَدَتْهُ الْقَنَاعَةُ لَمْ يُغْنِهِ الْمَالُ

One from whom contentment turns away is not enriched by wealth

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم

مَنْ عَدِمَ الْقَنَاعَةَ لَمْ يُغْنِهِ الْمَالُ

One who lacks contentment is not made affluent by riches

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم

مَنْ كَانَ بِيَسِيرِ الدُّنْيَا لَا يَقْنَعُ لَمْ يُغْنِهِ مِنْ كَثِيرِهَا مَا يَجْمَعُ

One who is not content with the little [he has] of this world will not be satisfied with the much that he accumulates from it

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم