Quotes About Contentment

Conscience is a strange thing...No matter how great the happiness around me, my soul would have been in darkness. The circumstances of happiness are not enough, there must also be peace of mind.

When Cosette went out with him, she leaned on his arm, proud, happy, her heart full to overflowing. Jean

The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved; loved for one's own sake... loved in spite of one's self.

Os maus têm uma maneira sinistra de ser felizes.

Les recomiendo la moderación en sus deseos. (Tholomyes)

God can add nothing to the happiness of those who love, except to give them endless duration.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further, There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.

j'avais le paradis dans le coeur.

Vous rappelez-vous notre douce vie, Lorsque nous étions si jeunes tous deux, Et que nous n'avions au coeur d'autre envie Que d'être bien mis et d'être amoureux! Lorsqu'en ajoutant votre âge à mon âge, Nous ne comptions pas à deux quarante ans, Et que, dans notre humble et petit ménage, Tout, même l'hiver, nous était printemps!

Amare o aver amato basta: non chiedete nulla in seguito, perché non si possono trovare altre perle fra le pieghe tenebrose della vita.

A iubi sau a fi iubit, ajunge. Nu mai cereÈ›i nimic. Nici un alt m?rg?ritar nu mai e de g?sit în cutele întunecate ale vieÈ›ii. Iubirea este o împlinire.

but the cat rejoices even over a lean mouse.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark fols of life.

C'est une terrible chose d'être heureux! Comme on s'en contente! Comme on trouve que cela suffit! Comme, étant en possession du faux but de la vie, le bonheur, on oublie le vrai but, le devoir!

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved--loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Zu lieben oder geliebt zu haben genügt. Danach verlangt nichts mehr! In den geheimnisvollen Wendungen des Lebens ist keine weitere Perle mehr zu finden.

The idea of it, of staying here and finding a good life and a place to belong, seduced her as nothing ever had.

Will ya look at it?" Dad threw his arms wide, as if he wanted to embrace it all. He seemed to be growing before their eyes, like a tree, spreading branches wide, becoming strong. He liked the nothingness he saw, the vast emptiness. It was what he'd come for.

Stop thinking about what you've lost, and think about what you have left.

Your're successful beyond your wildest dreams and it still isn't enough?

For a magnificent moment, the world fell away and she was somewhere else, before now, or long from now, and she wasn't hungry or tired or scared or angry. She simply was. She closed her eyes and felt at peace for the first time in years. Safe.

She felt weightless, a perfect combination of sun and water, cold and hot, steady in his arms. For a magnificent moment, the world fell away and she was somewhere else, before now, or long from now, and she wasn't hungry or tired or scared or angry. She simply was. She closed her eyes and felt at peace for the first time in years. Safe.

That's one of my major themes in Firefly Lane—that we need to accept that we are good enough, that all we can do is our best.

In Paris, with a glass of wine in your hand, you can just be.