Quotes About Contentment

No matter how good you have it, it's cool to want more.

I'm pretty happy with the way I look, so long as I don't break a beach chair.

But my secret is: even though I wish I could be thin, and that I could have the ease of the 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.

Dont regret what you dont have in life be greatful for what you have in life and dont miss what you dont have.

This has been one of the best days of my life," she said.

The mind that turns ever outward Will have no end to craving. Only the mind turned inward Will find a still-point of peace.

Receive without complaint, Work with fate.

Keep life simple… turn toward the divine. It satisfies, it brings knowledge, and it brings joy.

Go through life without showing off, attracting attention to yourself, or making flamboyant gestures. These will only attract the hostility of others. The wise accomplish all that they want without arousing the envy or scorn of others.

Tinc ancorades a no sé quin port les barques del retorn, i m'avindria potser a desarborar-ne tots els pals a canvi de no res, perquè ara ja no em sedueix intensament cap ruta i em fa falta ben poc per sobreviure.

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing upset you. Everything changes. God alone is unchanging. With patience all things are possible. Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone is enough.

I would always be earthbound; he hadn't robbed me of my ability to fly or to live forever. I appreciated nuns now, not the conscripted kind, but modern women who chose it. If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?

But as the sun rose I crested the mountain of my self-pity and remembered I was always going to die at the end of this life anyway. What did it really matter if I spent it like this...as opposed to some other way? ...If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?

At its best, my system gives me a smoother living experience. My days become dreamlike, no edges anywhere, none of the snags and snafus that life is so famous for. After days and days alone it gets silky to the point where I can't even feel myself anymore, it's as if I don't exist.

Each day I wondered what would happen next. What happens when you stop wanting, when you are happy.

I guess that's true, you really can't complain, can you?

When unrequited love is the most expensive thing on the menu, sometimes you settle for the daily special.

Give us being and feeling over having any day.

Princes in the workhouse, He who did not sleep on a box owns a bed. See, the man of wealth lies thirsting. He who begged dregs has overflowing bowls. See, those who owned robes are in rags, He who did not weave for himself owns fine linen. See, he who did not build a boat for himself owns ships, Their owner looks at them: they are not his.

When you drink with a drunkard. Take when his heart is content. THE INSTRUCTION ADDRESSED TO KAGEMNI Papyrus Prisse, pp. 1-2 Fragment

Man sollte sich nie etwas Unmögliches wünschen, denn wer von Palästen träumt, verliert seinen Platz in der Hütte.

kako je dobro i mudro ne misliti ni o ?emu i mirno udisati taj vlažni šumski sumrak. Sve ostaje na tome: zaviti tijelo što dublje u te sumrake i ta svitanja. Osje?ati oko sebe klokot vrela i miris raslinja i tako ne misliti ništa. Disati.

Anyone with any sense welcomes retirement,

You aren't just given happiness, you have to pick it up here and there all through the day.