Quotes About Contentment

As Tibet's famous poet saint, Milarepa, said: "My religion is to live—and die—without regret.

Dudjom Rinpoche, in his famous declaration of realization, wrote: Since pure awareness of nowness is the real buddha, In openness and contentment I found the Lama in my heart. When we realize this unending natural mind is the very nature of the Lama, Then there is no need for attached, grasping, or weeping prayers or artificial complaints, By simply relaxing in this uncontrived, open, and natural state, We obtain the blessing of aimless self-liberation of whatever arises.

No one anywhere was angry, ill, or sad; no one did evil, none was proud; the world became quite quiet, as though it had reached full perfection.

piece of advice from Patrul Rinpoche: Remember the example of an old cow, She's content to sleep in a barn. You have to eat, sleep, and shit— That's unavoidable— Beyond that is none of your business.

Get pleasure out of life...as much as you can. Nobody ever died from pleasure.

Get pleasure out of life...as much as you can. Nobody every died from pleasure.

Those who know that they have enough are wealthy.

My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

Until he is dead, do not yet call a man happy, but only lucky.

if you're on the right track doing what serves your soul, then you're going to feel good, relaxed, and peaceful. Your heart will beat steadily, your energy will remain high, and you'll be relatively free from aches, pains, anxiety, or stress.

The one who learns to live with his incapacity has learned a great deal.

I'm a bit like a stone - content to stay wherever it is put.

In one study, researchers used an iPhone app to check in on people at random points throughout the day and found that the more people were thinking about something other than what they were doing, the less happy they felt. Even when they weren't thinking about anything particularly bad.

Tell them I've two spare rooms here. It might not be as grand as the Bloxham, but everybody's still alive when they wake up in the morning.

Most people seemed to think stable equalled happy.

That's what I wanted. Something to enrich me, to make me feel better about the things in my life that I could never change." - Page 56

The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

No man loves life like him that's growing old.

Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life's goal.

Someone asked Sophocles, How do you feel now about sex Are you able to have a woman He replied, Hush man most gladly indeed am I rid off it all, as though I had escaped from a mad and savage master.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.

What can we do without pain in front of happiness?