The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
LucretiusDo we not see all humans unaware Of what they want, and always searching everywhere, And changing place, as if to drop the load they bear?
LucretiusAt this stage you must admit that whatever is seen to be sentient is nevertheless composed of atoms that are insentient. The phenomena open to our observation so not contradict this conclusion or conflict with it. Rather they lead us by the hand and compel us to believe that the animate is born, as I maintain, of the insentient.
Lucretius