Quotes About Contentment

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes, he who loves no one has no woes.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace

Those who have destroyed the roots of jealousy have peace of mind always.

I love the life I live, I live the life I love.

Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you're feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you'll feel better, because they know that everything is, just as it is. There's nothing to get excited about. They just know. They're saviors. The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you'll live ten times longer than if you have ten. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever. It's truly ridiculous.

when cruising in an empty ship, if you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.

At such times, under an abated sun; afloat all day upon smooth, slow heaving swells; seated in his boat, light as a birch canoe; and so sociably mixing with the soft waves themselves, that like hearth-stone cats they purr against the gunwale; these are the times of dreamy quietude, when beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember, that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.

and while ponderous planets of unwaning woe revolve round me, deep down and deep inland there I still bathe me in eternal mildness of joy.

If you flatter yourself that you are all over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to be comfortable any more.

Pek çok uzun, mükerrer tecrübeler sonucunda art?k ÅŸunu anlad?m ki insan eriÅŸebileceÄŸi mutluluk seviyesine dair beklentisini aÅŸa?? çekmeli, en az?ndan yeniden deÄŸerlendirmelidir. MutluluÄŸu ak?l veya hayal yoluyla var?labilecek bir ÅŸey olarak görmekten vazgeçip kar?s?nda, yüreÄŸinde, yata??nda, masas?nda, eyerde, ÅŸömine ba??nda, k?rlarda aramal?d?r.

even so, amid the tornadoed Atlantic of my being, do I myself still for ever centrally disport in mute calm; and while ponderous planets of unwaning woe revolve round me, deep down and deep inland there I still bathe me in eternal mildness of joy.

Long usage had, for this Stubb, converted the jaws of death into an easy chair.

Ain't one limb enough?

Ale pomni posádko moje, že na pravoboku každi?ké bÄ›dy leží skute?ná radost, a tato radost je mnohem vyÅ¡Å¡í, než kam sahá hloubka strasti.

No adult is without problems except a happy imbecile.

I'll tell you, Margie, most of those things you say are worth having, I don't know about. You have a better education than I did. Music, books, wine, art, all that—I'll tell you, I think if you're happy they must be nice to have, but if you're unhappy they don't help much. The main thing is happiness.

Do you have a girl? No. Don't you get, well, hungry now and then? Damned hungry. What do you do? Hunger, mostly. Maas uttered a short barking laugh. My dear lad. Big and strong, and if I may say so, winning as you are? I'd rather be hungry than involved. My trouble is I don't know how to be casual. Even if it's a waitress, I have to make a goddess of her in my own mind, I don't know why.

Yacían juntos en silencio y miraban el techo de la habitación, donde se dibujaban unas líneas amarillentas que procedían de las rendijas de las persianas: parecían el tórax de un esqueleto. Después Joachim se durmió y, cuando Elisabeth se dio cuenta, no pudo evitar una sonrisa. Y después se durmió también.

Tromo probavljanje života, tromo probavljanje sudbine, govorilo je nešto u njemu i vratilo ga zadovoljna u današnjicu: neka nedjelja istekne i ponikne, neka žaluzine ostanu zatvorene, iza?i ?e to na dobro.

I shall therefore discourse equally of both, convinced that human happiness never continues long in one stay.

Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos.