Quotes About Contentment

Thank God, there is no such thing as ambition in that blessed world above the stars...

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

You can't fall off the floor.

Poverty is the sister of a sound mind.

She said that people complain when there is too much sun and it gets unbearably hot, and also when it rains too much or when it is cold. But, she said, no one grumbles when the moon shines. Everyone becomes happy and appreciates the moon in their own special way.

Nista zivo covjek ne moze izgubiti, niti moze covjek biti trajno nesrecan, dok Bog daje da se dusa lijeci zaboravom, a zemlja obnavlja proljecem

?udno je kako je malo potrebno da budemo sre?ni a još ?udnije kako ?esto baš to malo nedostaje

For only thus, living each moment separately and looking neither forward nor back, could such a life be borne and a man keep himself alive in hope of better days.

u krvi im je saznanje da se pravi život sastoji od samih zatišja i da bi ludo i uzaludno bilo mutiti ta retka zatišja, traže?i neki drugi, ?vrš?i i stalniji život koga nema.

?im po?ne da zri leto, neka snaga, za koju ne znam da li dolazi iz mene ili iz svetova oko mene, digne me kao vlaga klicu put svetlosti, i ja putujem, vozim se, plovim, letim. Drugim re?ima, sre?an sam, jer ne bih mogao kazati gde sam.

I don't plan anything any more. I just live my life.

Što ne boli – to nije život, što ne prolazi – to nije sre?a.

Mu?i se ?ovjek dovijeka a nikad nema ni ono što mu treba a kamoli ono što želi.

Pero ya al día siguiente todo volvía a ser igual que siempre, porque a los visegradenses no les gusta recorfar lo malo ni preocuparse por adelantado; en la sangre llevan la certidumbre de que la buena vida se compone de treguas y de que sería alocado y absurdo enturbiar estas escasas treguas buscando una vida más firme y estable que no existe.

Kažu da nije znao šta je žensko tijelo ni plotsko uživanje uopšte. Nikada nije okusio nikakva opojnog pi?a, ni fildžan kafe, ni dim duvana. Ali nije osu?ivao one koji se služe svim tim božjim darovima za ovoga kratkoga života.

I need nothing I have everything I need I lie upon the coffin a doughnut in my hand

People don't resent having nothing nearly as much as too little.

Live your life in PEACE, not in PIECES...

Do what brings you joy, and your purpose will unfold.

We try so hard to be happy that we end up missing the most important parts of our lives and destroying the very peace that we were seeking

According to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, when you're happy everything in life is bearable and grief and stress are just passing emotions. Happiness is not something that you feel after something good happens. It is a state of living that is present whether good things are happening or not, whether you're suffering or not.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.'   Inner

Seeking happiness is as much a part of being human as having a soul.

True happiness is innate and a creation of your mind. It is mental peace that can be achieved anytime, anywhere even when you do not have everything you want.