Quotes About Contentment

en todas las fases de la vida se admiten rebajas y desperfectos, se van dejando de lado exigencias: 'Está bien, esto no ha podido ser', se reconoce uno; 'pero todavía queda bastante, todavía compensa y es posible disimular, peor sería que no hubiera nada y se hubiera ido todo al traste'.

Uno va reduciendo sus ímpetus y sus expectativas, se va conformando con versiones deterioradas de lo que quiso alcanzar o creyó haber alcanzado, en todas las fases de la vida se admiten rebajas y desperfectos, se van dejando de lado exigencias: 'Está bien, esto no ha podido ser', se reconoce uno; 'pero todavía queda bastante, todavía compensa y es posible disimular, peor sería que no hubiera nada y se hubiera ido todo al traste'.

uno quiere las cosas y a las personas según lo que tiene o no tiene

Ecco quello che rivela la nostra origine materiale, spesso passiamo accanto alla felicità senza vederla, senza guardarla, oppure, se l'abbiamo vista e guardata, senza riconoscerla

Sometimes in life, it has to be enough to be proud of yourself, even if no one else notices.

The three saddest things are the ill wanting to be well, the poor wanting to be rich, and the constant traveller saying 'anywhere but here'.

I could tell that she felt happy.  Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.

twice I have lived forever in a smile

may I be I is the only prayer--not may I be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong.

Happiness consists of living in the dailiness of life and not knowing how happy you are. True happiness comes of not knowing you're happy.

Happiness consists of living in the dailyness of life and not knowing how happy you are. True happiness comes of not knowing you're happy, it's an animal serenity, something between contentment and joy, a steadiness of the belonged self in the world.

I stopped wondering what she was feeling, what she was thinking. She was happy on the move, alert and at peace, all the inflamed spirit was lifted from her.

Happiness consists of living in the dailyness of life and not knowing how happy you are.

A happy person strikes a balance between doing good and doing well.

Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you. It's the same as going on a vacation. Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don't pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take that home.

The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you. It's the same as going on a vacation. Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don't pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take that home." ? E. L. Konigsburg, From The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

You can easily recognize that something is coming from Ego because when you get it, it doesn't satisfy you.

Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.

Don't let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment.

Don't Seek Happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness

This is my secret, he said. I don't mind what happens.

In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.

The ego wants to want more than it wants to have.