Quotes About Contentment

TotuÅŸi, experienÅ£a ei consta nu numai dintr-o serie de dezam?giri, ci mai ales dintr-o serie de substituiri. Se întâmplase de mai multe ori ca ceea ce dorea s? nu-i fie acordat, dar s? nu fi dorit ceea ce i se acorda. AÅŸa c? acum privea cu un fel de liniÅŸte interioar? zilele pe veci apuse când Donald fusese iubitul ei tainic ÅŸi se întreba ce lucru nedorit îi va trimite acum cerul în locul lui.

Yes- I must own it- I am bright-tonight: cheerful and more than cheerful- so much so that I am almost sad again with the sense that all of it passing away. And sometimes, when I am excessively hopeful and blithe , a trouble is looming in the distance: so that I often get to look upon gloom in me with content, and to fear a happy mood. Still this maybe be absurd- I feel that it is absurd. Perhaps my day is dawning at last

Si sdraiò sul suo giaciglio nel soggiorno e spense la luce. La notte entrò e vi prese il suo posto, noncurante e indifferente; quella stessa notte che si era già ingoiata la sua felicità e che ora stava distrattamente digerendosela; ed era pronta a ingoiare la felicità di migliaia d'altre persone, con la stessa noncuranza e impassibilità.

The secret of happiness lay in limiting the aspirations . . .

As if it were Injustice to sell dearer than we buy; or to give more to a man than he merits. The value of all things contracted for, is measured by the Appetite of the Contractors: and therefore the just value, is that which they be contented to give.

Nor can a man any more live, whose Desires are at an end, than he, whose Senses and Imaginations are at a stand.

T]he value of all things contracted for, is measured by the Appetite of the Contractors: and therefore the just value, is that which they be contented to give.

Felicity, therefore (by which we mean continual delight), consisteth not in having prospered, but in prospering

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.

Once you're in a high-income bracket, say $100,000 or $200,000 or more, it matters less how much more you make than what you do with what you already have.

It turns out that those with the most money, those who are in a position to buy their happiness, don't. And they don't buy expensive wine either.

Happy people tend to live well below their means. I have found this to be the case in all of the studies I have conducted.

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest. —Henry David Thoreau

Even at this stage of life, I don't

How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.

I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence.

It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness.

Half a loaf is better than no bread

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family