Quotes About Contentment

He who complains, sins.

A man who finds no satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain elsewhere.

I love being single. It's almost like being rich.

He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

Happiness is not in our circumstances, but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are.

Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral, and subject to chance.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Sex ought to be a wholly satisfying link between two affectionate people from which they emerge unanxious, rewarded, and ready for more.

When a man tells me he's run out of steam in the sex department, I'll tell him, 'Count your blessings; you've escaped from the clutches of a cruel tyrant. Enjoy!'

Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.

At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.

The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.

Proverty and wealth are comparative sins.

I was never less alone than when by myself.,

I'd rather be a lamppost in Chicago than a millionaire in any other city.

Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty.

The problem is not that you cannot have what you think you want. The problem is that when you get what you think you want, it won't satisfy.

Happiness is not a station to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That's why it satisfies nobody.

We are never further from our wishes than when we imagine that we possess what we have desired.