Quotes About Contentment

Puede que un hombre y una mujer estén más cerca el uno del otro cuando no viven juntos y cuando simplemente saben que existen y están agradecidos por existir y por saber el uno del otro. Y sólo con esto les basta para ser felices.

Entonces se percató con sorpresa que no era desdichado. La presencia física de Sabina , era mucho menos importante de lo que había supuesto. Lo importante era la huella dorada que había dejado en su vida y que nadie podría quitarle. Aquella inesperada felicidad, aquella comodidad, aquel placer que le producían la libertad y la nueva vida, ese era el regalo que la había dejado.

Cette tristesse signifiait: nous sommes à la dernière halte. Ce bonheur signifiait: nous sommes ensemble. La tristesse était la forme, et le bonheur le contenu. Le bonheur emplissait l'espace de la tristesse.

I am afflicted with the power of thought, which is a heavy curse. The less a person thinks and inquires regarding the why and the wherefore and the justice of things, when dragging along through life, the happier it is for him, and doubly, trebly so, for her.

I'm sure it's not any wish of mine that I'm born with inclinations for better things. If I could be born again, and had the designing of myself, I'd be born the lowest and coarsest-minded person imaginable, so that I could find plenty of companionship, or I'd be born an idiot, which would be better still.

You don't need to travel, laughter is an instant vacation

If you are extremely generous, greed will run away.

Joy is not like happiness, unhappiness. It is singular.

I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.

There is that kind of happiness. There is the love and marriage and family kind of happiness, which is exceedingly boring to describe but nonetheless is important to have and dreadful not to have.

My favorite food city is wherever I happen to be eating. You know what they say, love the one you're with!

I am actually really boring and I lead a quiet life. I love being at home, cooking for my boys, watching movies and I like nothing better than to go to bed early with a book.

Suffering comes from desire, not from pain.

In order to truly master the comfort zone, we must learn to love it.

If love is not enough, then what's enough?

He travels safe and not unpleasantly who is guarded by poverty and guided by love.

Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to lead it.

I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married.

I know what I want, I want things for myself, but I think the key to life is somebody to love, something to do and something to look forward to. I don't think it's complicated.

Love is not enjoyment. Love is being enjoyed.

He didn't take her breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay-that was really good, actually, to be near someone who filled your lungs with air.

Getting love is a very small experience. It is the experience of beggar.

Desire disappears as you become more and more aware. When awareness is one hundred percent, there is no desire at all.

If jealousy disappears and love still remains, then you have something solid in your life which is worth having.