Quotes About Contentment

FREEDOM IS THE basis of all happiness. Without freedom, there is no happiness.

Make the practice pleasant, that is what I beg you to do.

Standing in line at a grocery store or a restaurant, or waiting for the time to eat, we don't need to waste our time. We don't need to "wait" for one second. Instead, we can enjoy breathing in and out for our nourishment and healing. We can use that time to notice that we will soon be able to have food, and we can be happy and grateful during that time. Instead of waiting, we can generate joy.

El mundo necesita nuestra felicidad.

True happiness isn't found in success, money, fame, or power. True happiness should be found in the here and the now. With that kind of insight you can truly relax.

Don't look outside yourself for happiness. Let go of the idea that you don't have it. It is available within you.

There is no way to happiness; happiness is the way. There is no way to enlightenment; enlightenment is the way.

Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is a wonderful moment.

Aprende el arte de cultivar la alegría.

to love means to learn the art of nourishing our happiness.

Nourish yourself every day with the wonderful things that life has to offer you. Nourish yourself in the present moment. Walk in the kingdom of God.

If you haven't been able to be happy, maybe it's because you're holding firmly to your idea of happiness

Nirvana means pacifying, silencing, or extinguishing the fire of suffering. Nirvana teaches that we already are what we want to become. We don't have to run after anything anymore. We only need to return to ourselves and touch our true nature. When we do, we have real peace and joy.

When the Buddha gave a talk to a large gathering of businessmen, the core of his message to them was, "It is possible to live happily right in the present moment.

When we go home to the present moment, we understand there are so many conditions of happiness that we don't need to go running after yet another one. We already have enough conditions to be happy. Happiness is entirely possible right in the here and now. The

The third door is aimlessness. We already are what we want to become. We don't have to become someone else.

When you practice building a home in yourself, you become more and more beautiful. You radiate your inner peace, warmth, and joy.

The Kingdom of God is a treasure. Once you have touched that treasure, you know that the things you previously considered to be conditions for your happiness are just obstacles.

Accustomed as we are to being constantly occupied, if these occupations should happen to be taken from us, we find ourselves empty and abandoned. We then refuse to confront ourself and instead go off in search of friends, to mix in with the crowd, to listen to the radio or to the television, to get rid of this impression of emptiness.

Part of the beauty of the monastic life lies in the ability to live simply with few desires and to consume only what you need.

When desire stops, there is no more fear. We are then truly free, peaceful, and happy.

We can experience happiness, ease, and peace when we observe these moments of no desire. Desirelessness is the basic condition that makes possible the feelings of joy, peace, and ease that come with living a simple life. Simplicity means to have few desires, to be content with a simple life and just a few possessions. Desirelessness is the basis of true happiness, because in true happiness there must be the elements of peace, joy, and ease.

Live in a way that brings you joy and happiness, and then you'll be able to offer it to another person.

Home is inside us. Going home requires only sitting down and being with yourself, accepting the situation as it is. Yes, it might be a mess in there, but we accept it because we know we have left home for a long time. So now we're home. With our in-breath and our out-breath, our mind- ful breathing, we begin to tidy up our homes.