Quotes About Contentment

You will never find the life for which you are looking. When the gods created man they allotted to him death, but life they retained in their own keeping. As for you, Gilgamesh, fill your belly with good things; day and night, night and day, dance and be merry, feast and rejoice. Let your clothes be fresh, bathe yourself in water, cherish the little child that holds your hand, and make your wife happy in your embrace; for this too is the lot of man.

A cup of tea is a cup of peace.

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.

If there be no remedy, why worry

No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full.

Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

Life wasn't too bad. The trouble with Man was, even while he was having a good time, he didn't appreciate it. Why, thought Milligan, this very moment might be the happiest in me life. The very thought of it made him miserable.

Those who know the true use of money, and regulate the measure of wealth according to their needs, live contented with few things.

Finally, it follows from the preceding proposition that the joy by which the drunkard is enslaved is altogether different from the joy which is the portion of the philosopher,--a think I wished just to hint in passing.

The meditation that gives you immediate joy or continuous joy is the best meditation for you. Everyone will not have the same meditation. Your meditation will not suit me, my meditation will not suit you. You like a certain food, I don't like it. You are right in your own way I am right in my own way. But once you know what your best meditation is, please stick to it

In your outer life If you can feel Consciously and soulfully happy Even while doing Ordinary, mundane things, God will consider this Your real meditation

No price is too great to pay for inner peace.

I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself.

You will receive everything you need when you stop asking for what you do not need

Happiness is never your own; it is where the 'I' is not. It is beyond your reach; you have only to reach out beyond yourself and you will find it.

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

You may have a vast scholarship, fame or fortune. But, the bee can give you a lesson on how to be free from torment

You are not here to be sad. You are not here to blame. You are not here to be miserable. You are not here to worry. You are not here to show off. You are not here to get stressed out. You are not here to get irritated and irritate others.

Health is... A disease-free body. A quiver-free breath. A stress-free mind. An inhibition-free intellect. An obsession-free memory. An ego that includes all. A soul that is free from sorrow.

In always wanting to be comfortable, you become lazy. In always wanting perfection, you become angry. In always wanting to be rich, you become greedy.

But joy is never tomorrow; it is always now.

Your desire for pleasure or happiness makes you unhappy.