Quotes About Contentment

Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.

Zenginler, hiçbir ?eye ald?rmama, hiçbir ?eyden heyecanlanmama lüksüne sahiptirler; bu nedenle çok ya?arlar.

Senin i?in bir bak?ma kolayd? babac???m. Birçok ?eyi yok sayarak belirli bir düzen içinde ya?ad?n. Sinemaya gitmedin. Hiç roman okumad?n. Zeytinya?l? enginar yemedin. Yabanc? ülke özlemi çekmedin. Kimseye hediye almad?n. Evde ku?konmazdan ba?ka bitki yeti?tirmedin.

Come now, don't make such a funeral face. It isn't dying that's sad; it's living when you're not happy.

You are a good man," she had observed contentedly. "And it has been too long since I had this." He was surprised

Human beings are good at creating hells for themselves, even out of richness.

You aren't flawed. I noticed even before I went to my parents that there was a wholeness to you—a strong wholeness. I don't know whether you'll be what your parents wanted you to be, but whatever you become, you'll be complete. You'll have within yourself everything you need to content yourself. Just follow what seems right to you.

Everything is so soft here,' he said, 'so easy...' 'I know

I suspect it's a human characteristic not to know when you're well off," I said.

What does it mean if you're damned lucky to live in a cul-de-sac with a wall around it?

How long does a thief stay content? And what's it like to starve?

I suspect it's a human characteristic not to know when you're well off.

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying then without money?

Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny – Did you ever try buying them without money.

People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.

Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it. Rikiu loved to quote an old poem which says: 'To those who long only for flowers, fain would I show the full-blown spring which abides in the toiling buds of snow-covered hills.

This tumultuous sea of foolish troubles which we call life are constantly in a state of misery while vainly trying to appear happy and contented. We stagger in the attempt to keep our moral equilibrium, and see forerunners of the tempest in every cloud that floats on the horizon. Yet there is joy and beauty in the roll of the billows as they sweep outward toward eternity. Why not enter into their spirit, or, like Liehtse, ride upon the hurricane itself?

Beanie I have a wife and kids. Do I seem like a happy guy to you, Frank

For once I was satisfied, which is really all anyone can ask for.

I wasn't in a hurry. I never have to be in any particular place at any particular time. Let time watch me, not me it.

Perhaps that's the whole point of prayer—to think to yourself in peace, to want nothing, to ask for nothing, but simply to sort out your own mind. That should be enough.

What a joy it is in life when you happen to have a clean, warm kitchen.