Quotes About Contentment

That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within.

Let my doing nothing when I have nothing to do, become untroubled in its depth of peace, like the evening in the seashore when the water is silent.

I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore.

Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.

Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.

Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable...but most of all, it's having those loved ones.

I appreciate all that I am and all that I have. Stop focusing on what you do not have, and shift your consciousness to an appreciation for all that you are and all that you do have.

Life is too short not to live in peace.

Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible.

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.

You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. But the spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself.

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.

Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.

We can have peace if we let go of wanting to change the past and wanting to control the future.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.

Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.

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

God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.

The fastest way to get to a new-and-improved situation is to make peace with your current situation.

Start each day in my peace and stillness, then you can go forth and face whatever the day may bring in perfect peace and joy.

But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.

Oh, that peace may come.