Quotes About Contentment

Catching something is purely a byproduct of our fishing. It is the act of fishing that wipes away all grief, lightens all worry, dissolves all fear and anxiety.

All men seek one goal: success or happiness.

The goal of all civilization, all religious thought, and all that sort of thing is simply to have a good time. But man gets so solemn over the process that he forgets the end.

Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness.

From his cradle to the grave, a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object save one-to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for himself.

He who demands little gets it.

That is happiness: to be dissolved into something completely great.

I am searching for that which every man seeks-peace and rest.

The Devil himself is good when he is pleased.

Oh, how a small portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole world while we are living!

He who is greedy is always in want.

No gain satisfies a greedy mind.

Greed lessens what is gathered.

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

The greedy man is incontent with a whole world set before him.

Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.

Back of tranquility lies always captured unhappiness.

He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants, and how much more unhappy he might be than he really is.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

True happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversations of a few select companions.

My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Happiness to a dog is what lies on the other side of a door.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.