Quotes About Contentment

It is not wrong to petition God on the Sabbath, but the heart of the Sabbath is to delight in all he has given us, rather than to ask for what has not yet been fulfilled. Prayer on the Sabbath might well fit into the categories of praise or invitation.

Pleasure is a good thing. But it is the dessert of life, not the meal.

You can't save the world, so don't sacrifice your happiness trying.' 

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

A fool is 'happy' when his cravings are satisfied. A warrior is happy without reason. That's what makes happiness the ultimate discipline

Wake up! If you knew for certain that you had a terminal illness - if you had precious little time left to make use of your life and consider who you are, you'd not waste time on self-indulgence or fear, lethargy or ambition. Be happy now, without reason - or you never will be at all.

If you don't get what you want, you suffer. And even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever." (Peaceful Warrior)

There is no way to peace; Peace is the Way. There is no way to happiness; Happiness is the Way. There is no way to love; Love is the Way.

Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world!

Happiness is not just something you feel — it is who you are.

You Don't need a reason to be happy. If you do that reason can be taken away.

There is no need to search . . . achievement leads nowhere . . . makes no difference at all. Just be happy now. Release your struggle, let go of your mind, throw away your concerns, and relax into the world. No need to resist life. Open your eyes and see that you are far more than you think. You are already free.

Stable happiness doesn't come from getting everything we want, because we never will; true happiness comes from wanting whatever we get.

When a man has learned to live without money, he thought, a few rubles can go a long way.

Act happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.

There is no need to search;achievement leads to nowhere. It makes no difference at all, so just be happy now!

If you became wealthy and would nevertheless spend some of your time doing just what you now do for a living, you are fortunate indeed.

Siri whispered an answer to my unasked question. No, Merin, one is never really too old. At least not too old to want the warmth and closeness. You decide, my love. I will be content either way. I decided. Towards the dawn we slept.

Her head was on my shoulder and her breathing was so deep and regular that I thought her to be asleep. I was almost asleep myself when her warm hand slid up my leg and lightly cupped me. I was startled even as I began to stir and stiffen. Siri whispered an answer to my unasked question. "No, Merin, one is never really too old. At least not too old to want the warmth and closeness. You decide, my love. I will be content either way." I

driven hence, The soul recovers radical innocence And learns at last that it is self-delighting, Self-appeasing, self-affrighting, And that its own sweet will is Heavens will; She can, though every face will scowl And every windy quarter howl Or every bellows burst, be happy still.

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

From this moment I began to conclude in my mind that it was possible for me to be more happy in this forsaken, solitary condition that it was possible I should ever have been in any other particular state in the world; and with this thought I was going to give thanks to God for bringing me to this place.

I smil'd to my self at the sight of this money, O drug! said I aloud, what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no not the taking off of the ground, one of those knives is worth all this heap, I have no manner of use for thee, e'en remain where thou art, and go to the bottom as a creature whose life is not worth saving. However, upon second thoughts, I took it away...

In the first place , I was removed from all the wickedness of the world here. I had neither the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, or the pride of life. I had nothing to covet; for I had all that I was now capable of enjoying.