Quotes About Contentment

On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do.

Fulfill me, make me happy, make me feel safe, tell me who I am. The world cannot give you those things, and when you no longer have such expectations, all self created suffering comes to an end.

All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself.

The foundation of greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment, instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.

Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth.

there are two ways of being unhappy. Not getting what you want is one. Getting what you want is the other.

Stress is caused by being "here" but wanting to be "there," or being in the present but wanting to be in the future.

If you are content with being nobody in particular, content not to stand out, you align yourself with the power of the universe. What looks like weakness to the ego is in fact the only true strength.

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.

When you want to arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you are doing, you become stressed.

Nietzsche, in a rare moment of deep stillness, wrote, "For happiness, how little suffices for happiness!…the least thing precisely, the gentlest thing, the lightest thing, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a wisk, an eye glance—little maketh up the best happiness. Be still.

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

People believe themselves to be dependent on what happens for their happiness. They don't realize that what happens is the most unstable thing in the universe.

When you accept what is, every moment is the best moment. That is enlightenment.

Stress is caused by being 'here' but wanting to be 'there'.

So next time somebody says, "Sorry to have kept you waiting," you can reply, "That's all right, I wasn't waiting. I was just standing here enjoying myself — in joy in my self.

Whenever you deeply accept this moment as it is — no matter what form it takes — you are still, you are at peace.

El amor no desea ni teme nada.

It is everywhere, not just in places where people don't have enough, but even more so where they have more than enough. Is that surprising? No. The affluent world is even more deeply identified with form, more lost in content, more trapped in ego.

I don't have enough yet," by which the ego really means, "I am not enough yet.

Your life's journey is no longer an adventure, just an obsessive need to arrive, to attain, to "make it." You no longer see or smell the flowers by the wayside either, nor are you aware of the beauty and the miracle of life that unfolds all around you when you are present in the Now.

What keeps the so-called consumer society going is the fact that trying to find yourself through things doesn't work. The ego satisfaction is short-lived and so you keep looking for more and keep buying and consuming.

When you accept what is, every piece of meat — every moment — is the best. That is enlightenment.

Can you give some more examples of ordinary unconsciousness?   See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what