Quotes About Contentment

The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.

Real happiness lies in that which never comes nor goes, but simply is.

Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness.

We don't even ask happiness, just a little less pain.

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

Ignorance is the greatest source of happiness.

There is no shame in preferring happiness.

There is a French proverb: To live happy, live hidden. Where can Brigitte Bardot hide?

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

Man is never always happy, and very often only a brief period of happiness is granted him in this world; so why escape from this dream which cannot last long?

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.

Happy is he who can give himself up.

Your greatness is here and now. Your happiness is here and now.

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients: action, pleasure and indolence.

Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance

It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved.

Happiness is.....finding two olives in your martini when youre hungry.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

No effort is required to define or even attain happiness, but enormous concentration is needed to abandon everything else.

Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.

Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness.

It's an odd thing, happiness. Some people take happiness from gold. Or black pearls. And some of us, far more fortunate, take their happiness from periwinkles.