Better a handful of rest than two handfuls of toil and striving of spirit/ "better is handful of quietness than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind"/ better a little with content than much with contention
It is better to have a little gained in peace than a lot gained with stress and unrest.
("Better a handful of rest than two handfuls of toil and striving of spirit" — Ecclesiastes 4:6)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
טוֹב מְלוֹא כַף נָחַת מִמְּלוֹא חָפְנַיִם עָמָל וּרְעוּת רוּחַ
Definition (Hebrew)
עָדִיף מְעַט שֶׁהֻשַּׂג בְּשַׁלְוָה מֵהַרְבֵּה שֶׁהֻשַּׂג בְּחֹסֶר שַׁלְוָה וּמֶתַח.
("טוֹב מְלֹא כַף נָחַת מִמְּלֹא חָפְנַיִם עָמָל וּרְעוּת רוּחַ"- קֹהֶלֶת ד ו)