Quotes About Contentment

Seldom happier than when I'm on my own, lost in a book.

He was never lonely, not with his books for company. Books never complained, never asked awkward questions.

If a man can eat his fill and have a willing bedmate in the same place every night, he quickly grows lazy.

We desire whatever it is—the place, the person, the thing, the period in our lives—we're convinced we're lacking. The

trying to take satisfaction in life from the numbers you ring up is ultimately no more successful than making survival your goal.

In the third section, you proceed to turn us into modest and peace-loving Epicureans.

I have covenanted with my Lord that He should not send visions, or dreams or even angels! I am content with this gift of the Scriptures, which teaches and supplies all that is necessary both for this life and that which is to come.

The vanity and insatiability of the human heart are unspeakable. What a man has does not please him; what he does not have, that he yearns for.

He who sleeps does not sin.

A man is called 'spiritually poor,' not because he has no money or anything of his own, but because he does not covet it or set his comfort and trust upon it as though it were his kingdom of heaven.

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.

Her nephew, Aiden Junior, and his girl were hanging on to each other for dear life, just happy being

everything he needed

One thing she knew was that no matter what happened to you, no matter how bad life got, happiness – true happiness – was a state of mind.

Whoever said that money made you happy was a liar. A dirty rotten stinking liar!

She knew she had never been truly alive until she met him, and never so happy and content with her lot until she was touched by the sorrow of him.

Now I will tell you a true thing, child, and if you are wise you will remember it. The soul, it longs for its mate as much as the body. Sad it is that the body be greedier than the soul. But if you would be happy all your days, as I was with your grandfather, subdue the body and marry the soul.

Now I will tell you a true thing, child, and if you are wise you will remember it. The soul, it longs for its mate as much as the body. Sad it is that the body be greedier than the soul. But if you would be happy all your days, as I was with your grandfather, subdue the body and marry the soul. Look for a soul-and-heart love.

I think when people get stuck in situations that go against their soul, they can't be happy. That's all.

I like playing my guitar when I expect nothing from it.

For millions of men and women, "I didn't mess that up too badly" is as good as sex gets.

Mi dispiace davvero tanto. Ti ho rovinato il tuo posto felice.» «Uman, non hai niente di cui scusarti. In quel momento era un'ottima idea, quella di venire qui, ma poi non lo è stata più. Tutto qui.» Ho intrecciato il mignolo al suo. «E comunque, non sono i posti a essere felici. Sei tu che devi portarti dietro la felicità, oppure crearne una scorta nuova ovunque ti capiti di trovarti.»

There's no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us.