Quotes About Contentment

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

Happiness is right in front of you.

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

The secret to happiness is having low expectations.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.

The song of the curved line is called happiness.

Be sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings. You will not have to run after happiness. Happiness will run after you.

We look directly into our suffering rather than try to become happy. The happiness that arises from this approach is reliable.

Anxiety and Ennui are the Scylla and Charybdis on which the bark of human happiness is most often wrecked.

Gratitude leads to happiness. Conversely, lack of gratitude is the curse of the unhappy.

The more the heart is nourished with happiness, the more it is insatiable.

Wherever a cat sits, there shall happiness be found.

Life is a matter of passing the time enjoyably. There may be other things in life, but I've been too busy passing my time enjoyably to think very deeply about them.

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.

Comparison is the thief of joy.