Quotes About Contentment

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry. Two carefree days, kept sacredly free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is yesterday…and the other day I do not worry about is tomorrow.

The things we love we have to learn to leave alone.

You feel good not because the world is right, but your world is right because you feel good.

When you seek happiness for yourself it will always elude you. When you seek happiness for others you will find it yourself.

Seek the pleasure in what you're doing, rather than in how it might ultimately benefit you.

Give thanks for everything that you are and everything that you have—that's the first step toward discarding a scarcity mentality.

relax your efforts to fill up every moment in anticipation of being somewhere else.

My outer world looked great, but my inner world, where I do all of my living, felt incomplete and restless.

let go of seeking results in money, accomplishments, acquisitions, fame, and so on.

Stop focusing on what you do not have, and take stock of all that you do have.

The only thing you need to learn is that you already are what you are seeking to attain.

Paradise is where I am.

Simply have a mind that is open to everything but attached to nothing. Let it all come and go as it will. Enjoy it all, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any thing, any place, and particularly, any person.

If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.

The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert. While reading a book, notice where your thoughts are. While on vacation, be there instead of thinking about what should have been done and what has to be done when returning home. Don't let the elusive present moment get used up by thoughts that aren't in the here and now. There

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval." — Mark Twain

Happiness, fulfillment, and purpose in life are all inner concepts. If you don't have inner peace and serenity, then you have nothing.

Saint Francis. "When we pray to God," he said, "we must be seeking nothing—nothing.

I can choose peace rather than this.

Most people are searching for happiness outside of themselves. That's a fundamental mistake. Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way that you think.

Let your heart be at peace.

Fully functioning people never complain, and particularly they don't complain about the rocks being rough, or the sky being cloudy or the ice being too cold. Acceptance means no complaining, and happiness means no complaining about the things over which you can do nothing.

live joyously and with deep gratitude

Once what you are doing has for you meaning, it is irrelevant whether you're happy or unhappy. You are content—you are not alone in your Spirit—you belong.1