Quotes About Contentment

What you seek, you shall never find. For when the Gods made man, They kept immortality for themselves. Fill your belly. Day and night make merry, Let Days be full of joy. Love the child that holds your hand. Let your wife delight in your embrace. For these alone are the concerns of man. —The Epic of Gilgamesh

Look, I've always had an empty place in my life that I've alternatively tried to fill with food and penises, but now I have something.

Ella tendría que buscar la felicidad en aquel estudio con aquellos libros que eran sus verdaderos amigos, sus únicos amigos. Así estaba contenta. No tenía sentido pensar en lo que sería tener a un hombre.

If you wish to be happy,Eragon, Think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and that which you are able to change

You cannot miss what you have never had.

It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.

do not worry about these things. find peace in where and what you are ~saphira to eragon page 429

Misfoutune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the breif gaps between distaters.

What will happen will happen and I won't waste my time worrying.

The best remedy for what ails me is being with you here under the sun.

Clear your mind of such thoughts. They cannot be answered and will make you no happier.

Happiness, Eragon had decided, was a fleeting, futile thing to pursue. Contentment, on the other hand, was a far more worthwhile goal.

Si deseas ser feliz, Eragon, no pienses en lo que ha de venir ni en aquello sobre lo cual no tienes ningún control, sino en el ahora y en aquello que sí puedes cambiar. Oromis

If you wish to be happy, Eragon, think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and of that which you are able to change.

Do not worry about these things. Find peace in where and what you are. People often know what must be done. All you need to do is show them the way - that is wisdom.

When he grew hungry, he bought a wedge of cheese and a loaf of bread and ate them, sitting on a curb.

always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.

ignorancia, efectivamente, es la felicidad.

To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have. …

I own a book, he thought, delighted.

She wrapped her hands around the warm mug and breathed in the steam, savoring the smell.

In short, if one is entitled to everything, then one is thankful for nothing.

Enjoy your life. No curse hangs over you, nor did it ever. No devil chases after your soul. Sing and dance and be merry.

Power, wealth and immortality--they don't bring happiness. You will never know what the word means.