Quotes About Contentment

To come to possess all desire the possession of nothing.

Your supply will arrive if you require less and welcome all that shows up.

that the violence and plunder of kings could not compare with the productive and peaceful lives of those who minded their own business and cultivated their own garden.

slow down your incessant demands for more

Practice gratitude and contentment every day.

Do the Tao Now At your next meal, practice portion control by asking yourself after several bites if you're still famished. If not, just stop and wait. If no hunger appears, call it complete. At this one meal, you'll have practiced the last sentence of the 9th verse of the Tao Te Ching: "Retire when the [eating] is done; this is the way of heaven.

simplify your life by not seeking another thing.

You can't arrive at a place of peace and inner satisfaction when your entire existence is motivated by not having enough.

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're with.

the sage dresses plainly, even though his interior is filled with precious gems.

O verdadeiro barômetro da inteligência é uma vida produtiva, feliz, vivida a cada dia e cada momento presente de todo dia.

Have a happy mind.

everything is completed precisely as it should be.

being satisfied with less rather than more results in great generosity.

Spend more time close to home in awe over the many simple treasures that make up your life.

Those who recognize problems as a human condition and don't measure happiness by an absence of problems are the most intelligent kind of humans we know; also, the most rare.

Let go of your identification with your stuff and with your accomplishments. Try instead to enjoy what you do and all that flows into your life simply for the pleasure of doing and observing the flow itself.

Begin to consciously decrease your need to purchase more things.

When your feet hit the floor every single morning, without exception, say, "Thank You for an opportunity to live in a state of contentment." Invite the magical energy of the Tao to freely flow through you and inform your responses throughout the day. You're in harmony with your Source when you're soliciting gratitude and gratification in these ways.

Contentment alone is enough. Indeed, the bliss of eternity can be found in your contentment.

I knew we weren't rich, but I didn't feel like I was missing anything.

And as I nestled in and drifted off to sleep, my heart felt wonderfully... free.

wondered at how much emotion can go into any given day, and thought how nice it was to feel this way at the end of it.

And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye clear. What we need is here.