Quotes About Contentment

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace.

I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing.

My religion is to live - and die - without regret.

He who avoids misunderstandings, Amused at the play of his own mind, Is ever joyful.

At firs,money is like the wish-fulfilling Gem Later,it becomes indispensable In the end;you feel like a penniless beggar These are my thoughts and feelings on money So I renounced both wealth and goods

Money can't buy you happiness, but it helps you look for it in a lot more places.

Money can't buy happiness, but it helps you look for it in more places.

In the end, your belly was your emperor.

If anything, he wanted a very simple life filled with nature, books, and perhaps a few children. He knew that later in life, he also wanted to be let alone to read and to be quiet.

Hoonie would have known enough not to want something he could not have—this forbearance was something that any normal peasant would have accepted about his life and what he was allowed to desire.

This was her first time in such a place, and she decided she never wanted to stay anywhere else. Yet in her head, Casey envisioned a meter, like a taxi meter—clicking, clicking, clicking speedily ahead.

He looked so happy, and it pleased her to see him like this. She could count on him to be a happy person.

Expect nothing and never disappoint; never harm and be kind. Enjoy the moment.

Her job was to rest before dying. All she had to do was nothing at all.

I know a small part of you thinks you could've ended up with Natalie Portman if you had played things a little differently. That's nice. You can have that. That's not hurting anybody.

WHAT I'M ASKING for is not that much. I just want a boyfriend who is sweet and trustworthy. That's it. He doesn't need to have a perfect body or look like George Clooney. I want a guy who wants to curl up on a Friday night and watch Netflix. He can even pick the show. I mean, ideally, it's serialized and female-driven, and maybe not that boring political one. But honestly, I don't care. It's not important.

But my secret is: even though I wish I could be thin, and that I could have the ease of lifestyle that I associate with being thin, I don't wish for it with all of my heart. Because my heart is reserved for more important things.

Guys I've dated have been into me the way I am; and (4) I'm pretty happy with the way I look, so long as I don't break a beach chair.

Die in a good way, obviously.

It was perfectly me: pleasant enough, and then receding from immediate concern.

even though I wish I could be thin, and that I could have the ease of lifestyle that I associate with being thin, I don't wish for it with all of my heart. Because my heart is reserved for way more important things.

But my secret is: even though I wish I could be thin, and that I could have the ease of lifestyle that I associate with being thin, I don't wish for it with all of my heart. Because my heart is reserved for way more important things.

No matter how good you have it, it's cool to want more. (P.83)

which I would write on Sunday afternoons sitting cross-legged on my bedroom floor with no pants on.