Quotes About Contentment

You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find the harmony in what you have.

The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense — he is always satisfied with himself.

One must never ask of fortune more than she can grant

Success in highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which comes only to the man who has found the work he likes best.

One must never ask more from fortune than she can grant.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

that without the promise of great reward we'd be content to stay home and catch up on our flossing.

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?

Happy?" He stared her down. "You can't expect happiness. If it comes along—consider yourself lucky, but that's not what life's about.

S.I.N.G.L.E Sometimes. I'll. Never. Go. Looking. Either.

But whether he was happy or not it is hard to say. Probably he was neither, just as a plant is neither. He had memories to disturb him and a plant hasn't, but after the first bad night his memories were quiet.

What a perfect escape the return to the womb was. Better by far than Religion or Art or the South Sea Islands. It was so snug and warm there, and the feeding was automatic.

Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is just out of grasp... But if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

There was something I wanted, something I envisioned, loving parents, a happy home with everyone smiling at me. A home that no one would ever want to leave, a warm place , a warm person. It exists, I know it does

And if when everything ends, nothing is left in my hands...that's alright.

Even now someone might be envying another for something they don't see in themselves. They might be longing for a quality they already posses.

I want to live my life without troubling anyone. That's why it's best for me to keep my interactions... with others to the bare minimum...not that I've ever been the type of person to attract other people...but if I keep my distance...at least I won't bother anyone.

My wish can't be granted by the King. Because... it's that you'll always be happy and smile.

Du sollst Gott nichts Schlechtes angewöhnen. Wenn Er sieht, daß du dich mit weniger begnügst, gibt Er dir auch weniger.

Within what is allotted to us, we can have spiritual contentment.