Quotes About Contentment

About being grateful for what you have instead of yearning for what you think you want.

Oddly enough, though, that day with Lulu it didn't feel anything like falling. It felt like arriving

Where you need to be?" he asked me. And I had the strangest thought: Right here is where I need to be.

you're wrong about quitting when you're ahead. It means being grateful. Stopping when you realize you have is enough.

Is that what death would feel like? The nicest, warmest, heaviest never-ending nap? If that's what it's like, I wouldn't mind. If that's what dying is like, I wouldn't mind that at all.

Some things you don´t know you want until they´re gone. Other things you think want, but don´t understand you already have them.

I remember watching it all and getting that tickling in my chest and thinking to myself: This is what happiness feels like.

Dormir sin soñar. He oído hablar sobre el sueño de los muertos. ¿Será así la muerte? ¿Como el sueñecito más agradable, cálido y profundo del mundo, un sueño sin fin? En ese caso, no me importaría. Si morir es así, de verdad que no me preocuparía en absoluto.

Some things you don't know you want until they're gone. Other things you think you want, but don't understand you already have them.

Penso no que a minha mãe me disse: que a pessoa deve sentir-se grata pelo que tem em vez de passar o tempo à procura do que pensa que quer. Aqui sentada no campus que ele frequentou noutros tempos, julgo que percebi finalmente o que ela queria dizer. Julgo que percebi finalmente o que significa desistir enquanto se vai na frente.

Kehidupan menjadi sangat sulit dan rumit kalau kita membiarkan diri kita berlari terus ke tempat tujuan. Lupa bahwa hari ini, di tempat ini, dengan badan yang ini, plus jumlah rejeki hari ini, juga menghadirkan 'tujuan-tujuan' besar yang tidak kalah menariknya. Jika kita menghabiskan semua waktu untuk berlari, tidak hanya lelah dan capek hasilnya, tetapi juga kehilangan sense of direction. Inilah akar dari kehidupan banyak orang yang tandus dan kering.

As a rule, man's a fool; When it's hot he wants it cool, When it's cool he wants it hot, Always wanting what is not.

There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.

Is it sad that my first thought happened to be: Thank God I'm off the treadmill.

If happiness is dependent on outside variables, it can't last. Variables always change. Real happiness has to come from within.

Better you're my enemy and happy than my friend and miserable

Two or more glasses of wine a day can severely reduce your risk of giving a shit.

Clay is in the Everlife now. We should be happy for him.

No battles within himself. No worries. No death. Just…peace.

Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies.

Whoever said you can't buy Happiness forgot little puppies.

Retirement: It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese.

Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.

You actually don't need much. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't have it all.