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Quotes About Contentment

It was amazing to see that all people needed to make them happy was food and drink and other people.
~ Terry Pratchett
It felt like those treasured moments in bed when you're just awake enough to know that you're still nicely asleep.
~ Terry Pratchett
She felt happy and wondered if she'd ever felt this happy before. The gold light, the falling seeds, the dancing bees... it was all one thing. This was the opposite of the dark desert. Here, light was everywhere and filled her up inside. She could feel herself here but see herself from above, twirling with a buzzing shadow that sparkled golden as the light struck the bees. Moments like this paid for it all.
~ Terry Pratchett
The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.
~ Terry Pratchett
Stand before your god, bow before your king, and kneel before your man. Recipe for a happy life, that is
~ Terry Pratchett
He knew that they all knew a lot more than he knew, and was quite happy knowing this.
~ Terry Pratchett
One minute I'm just another rabbit and happy about it, next minute whazzaam, I'm thinking. That's a major drawback if you're looking for happiness as a rabbit, let me tell you. You want grass and sex, not thoughts like What's it all about, when you get right down to it?
~ Terry Pratchett
Mutlu sonlar kendiliÄŸinden gelmez.Bazen bunun için çaba harcamak gerekir.
~ Tess Gerritsen
It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire'?
~ Tess Gerritsen
Sometimes there are no second chances at happiness. Sometimes, merely being content with your life is enough.
~ Tess Gerritsen
Sometimes, merely being content with your life is enough.
~ Tess Gerritsen
Happy people are self-contained; they breathe different air and are subject to different laws of gravity.
~ Tess Gerritsen
and for a moment she was left blessedly alone.
~ Tess Gerritsen
Be glad that you have your health. Do not always be so concerned with money," my father said.
~ Tess Uriza Holthe
you should rejoice in what you do have.
~ Tess Uriza Holthe
Isabelle has hungry eyes. She is never happy with her situation. I tell her, 'Think about others worse off than you. At least you have a family, at least there is a roof over your head.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Why should I be content with what I have? What is wrong with reaching higher, wanting more?' Ã¢â'¬Â "Ah, but that is the way of the young nowadays.
~ Tess Uriza Holthe
Think about others worse off than you. At least you have a family, at least there is a roof over your head.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Why should I be content with what I have? What is wrong with reaching higher
~ Tess Uriza Holthe
The cure for her happiness was not bad luck, but to make her happier inside. Esmeralda
~ Tess Uriza Holthe
You do not need to waste your time doing those things that are unnecessary and trifling. You do not have to be rich. You do not need to seek fame or power. What you need is freedom, solidity, peace and joy. You need the time and energy to be able to share these things with others.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Your purpose is to be yourself. You don't have to run anywhere to become someone else. You are wonderful just as you are.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
I take my time. I want to be myself. I don't deny myself in the here and now. This is our practice—we call it aimlessness. We don't put a goal in front of ourselves and run after it constantly. If we do, we'll be running all our life and never be happy. Happiness is possible only when you stop running and cherish the present moment and who you are. Who you are is already a wonder; you don't need to be someone else. You are a wonder of life.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
It is possible to live happily in the present moment. It is the only moment we have.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
The reality is that we are safe and we have the capacity to enjoy the wonders of life in the present moment. When we recognize that our suffering is based on images instead of current reality, then living happily in the present moment becomes possible right away.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
The more you cultivate joy, the more joy you will feel and be able to share.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh