Quotes About Contentment

Franca, darling, let's be simple. And move quietly in the dark.

ye always want what ye cannae have and the things that ye dinnae really gie a toss aboot get handed tae ye oan a plate.

Jim has a nice life, he considers, but sometimes Frank has a hell of a lot more fun.

Now most people would put this doon tae experience, ye always want what ye cannae have and the things that ye dinnae really gie a toss aboot get handed tae ye oan a plate.

the happiness and love that once lived here

Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night.

I long to be out in the sun with no work to be done.

An empty stomach is better than full and grief is better than happiness.

I've seen many people with status, but I'm still looking for a happy one. Status won't sit still under you; you have to continually fight to keep from sinking.

Actually, they where the Simple-Lifers, hungering after a life, which to those who lived it had probably appeared not so Simple, and who had not been, therefore, Simple-Lifers themselves.

There is no pleasure like the absence of pain – immediately after pain.

I'm forty-nine, not fifteen, and I've made my peace with myself. Had I been handsome and stupid when I was fifteen, or twenty-one, as, at that time in life, I wished I had been, I would undoubtedly now no longer be handsome--but I'd still be stupid. So, in the long run, I've won out.

Do you suppose the potter is content with mental creation? Do you suppose the idea is enough?

Dr. Fastolfe said, with obvious surprise, "Are you satisfied with life on Earth?" "We get along.

It doesn't matter who 'rules.' Petruchio and Katherina are in love and so long as love exists, 'ruler' and 'ruled' lose their meaning. Petruchio looked only for money, and got love, too. Katherina looked for nothing and got love. It is completely happy ending.

Habría que sentir una total indiferencia hacia el hombre y el animal para conseguir ser feliz.

Come sempre, quando mi succede qualcosa di propizio, chiesi al mio io interiore se ero finalmente felice. Ma mantenne un silenzio diplomatico. Pareva che avessi un grande talento nel soffrire, ma che nessun risultato potesse mai soddisfarmi

You only have one life, but if you live it well, that's enough. The only reality is now, today. What are you waiting for to be happy?

Happiness is not exuberant or noisy, like pleasure or joy; it's silent, tranquil, and gentle; it's a feeling of satisfaction inside that begins with self-love.

But I don't want more things than I need, either.

What can we do with this happiness that appears for no obvious reason, the joy that needs no cause to exist?

Because I have time to spare, and for the first time in my life nobody expects anything of me. I don't have to prove anything, I'm not rushing everywhere; each day is a gift I enjoy to the fullest.

Qué hacer con esta felicidad que nos llega sin motivo especial, esta felicidad que no requiere nada para existir?

Esos desaires no me quitan el sueño: no tengo que agradar a todo el mundo, sólo a quienes en verdad me importan, que no son muchos.