Quotes About Contentment

It's only worth staying in bed if you're young and in good company.

I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never will be.

If retirement requires a certain degree of peace of mind and an easy conscience, Victor Florian did not appear to have much of either. He held an unlit cigar in his mouth and had more hair in each eyebrow that most people have on their head.

No me pareció que fuese feliz en París, aunque me dio la impresión de que era de esas personas que no pueden ser felices en ninguna parte.

O dinheiro não compra a felicidade, costumava dizer Kolvenik, mas compra todo o resto.

Haïr pour de bon est un talent qui ne s'acquiert qu'avec l'âge.

Er kam daher, den Kopf in den Wolken, ein Lächeln um die Lippen und mit der heiteren Miene derer, die es sich leisten können, nicht zu wissen, wie die Welt funktioniert.

I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never would be.

Avec le temps, vous verrez que parfois, ce qui compte, ce n'est pas ce qu'on a, mais ce à quoi on renonce.

Julián non amava parlare di sé o dei suoi libri. Non mi sembrò che fosse felice a Parigi; del resto, mi diede l'impressione di essere una di quelle persone che non possono essere felici da nessuna parte.

When she saw me her face lit up and she smiled, making me instantly forget the endless days of misery I'd spent trying to find her. I sat down next to her.

En esta vida nadie es feliz de balde, ni aunque sea por un instante

He loved her with all his soul, but in his own way, which was the correct way. All he asked God was to show him how the three of them could be happy, preferably also in his own way.

Jaloezie is de religie van de middelmatigen. Het sterkt ze, het beantwoordt aan de onrust die vanbinnen aan ze knaagt en uiteindelijk verteert het hun ziel, terwijl het ze toestaat hun eigen kleinzieligheid en hebzucht te rechtvaardigen totdat ze denken dat het deugden zijn.

After a while it occurred to me that between the covers of each of those books lay a boundless universe waiting to be discovered, while beyond those walls, in the outside world, people allowed life to pass by in afternoons of football and radio soaps, content to do little more than gaze at their navels.

Kakav smo to svijet napravili kad u njemu više ni neznalice ne mogu da budu sre?ne?

Te quiero - dije - Ya lo sé. Nos quedamos allí cogidos de la mano, viendo cómo un alud apabullante de nubarrones carmesíes encapotaba los cielos, y lloré, sintiéndome feliz al fin.

Be content feeling moved in a delightful, loving way by something mysterious and unknown, leaving you focused entirely on God, with no other thought than of him alone.

People who work in libraries, like those in bakeshops, ought to be made peaceful and happy by their surroundings, but they almost never are.

Her name was Janie and she loved her shoes and she loved her doggy back home and basically she loved everything. Hannah quickly tired of this kid's happiness.

As long as you remain present, everything you need is

No matter how successful we are, at some point we will become conscious that we feel incomplete

Alone isn't a bad place to be, especially when it's the alternative to distrust and unhappiness, but

Life was good when I counted my blessings.