Quotes About Contentment

You'll never find a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.

He found, quite to his surprise, that he was happy. Not merely happy in Demelza's happiness but in himself. He couldn't think why. The condition just existed within him.

Like all human beings she could not refrain from idly comparing what she had with what she might have had.

Ross pensò: se solo potessimo fermare la vita per un po', la fermerei qui. Non al mio ritorno a casa, non al momento di lasciare Trenwith, ma qui, qui, mentre ci avviciniamo alla sommità della collina, oltre Sawle, il crepuscolo che accarezza i confini della terra e Demelza che cammina canticchiando al mio fianco.

the most important thing was to strike a balance: poverty and riches each in their own way caused unhappiness. With money, the way to be happy was to continue to have almost enough.

Non sapeva mai davvero cosa stesse pensando; le sue riflessioni più profonde erano nascoste dal suo volto strano e inquieto, con la pallida cicatrice sulla guancia, simile al marchio di una ferita dello spirito. Demelza sapeva solo che al momento Ross era felice e che lei era il motivo della sua felicità.

Walking here with the sun-warmed air on his face he had come up against the fact that it was good just to be alive.

Quando il piccolo uomo se ne fu andato, Ross si riempì nuovamente la pipa, l'accese e tornò al suo libro. Tabitha Bethia gli saltò in grembo e lui non la spinse via, e cominciò invece a massaggiarle un orecchio mentre leggeva.

life holds only two or three things worth the having, and if you possess them the rest don't matter, and if you do not possess them the rest are useless.

It's you and me," she said, "in our own house. Nothing between us—no interruption. Maybe it's because I'm just of common stock, but I want the home about me: candles burning, curtains drawn, warmth, tea, friendship, love. Those are what matter to me. This morning—even a few hours ago—I thought it was all gone forever.

Ross provava un senso di perfetta soddisfazione. Riceveva amore e lo donava in egual misura, generosamente. In quel momento il loro rapporto non aveva alcun difetto.

Oh, nonsense,' said Ross. 'Don't owe your happiness to anyone.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

I am a man of simple tastes easily satisfied with the best

When you have got a thing where you want, it is a good thing to leave it where it is.

How often in life must one be content with what one can get!

exploited to the full my happy gift of falling almost immediately into deep sleep.

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It felt right not to talk. It felt good just to be. Sometimes there was no need to fill the air with words.

The Empress of Blandings was a pig who took things as they came. Her motto, like Horace's, was nil admirari.

he must have thought: this is a young fellow and a stupid German besides - that's just how all French speak of the Germans - he will be quite content with this - but the stupid German was not content - and didn't accept the money either (...).

I ask you most humbly to continue loving me a little, and to be content for the moment with this token of a congratulation until new drawers can be made for my small little brain box, so I have a place to put the brain that I still hope to acquire.

Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.