Quotes About Contentment

He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stol'n,Let him not know 't and he's not robb'd at all.

Hath his bellyful of fighting.

Happy in that we are not over happy.

He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know 't, and he's not robb'd at all.

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy I were but little happy, if I could say how much.

I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.

No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

It's joy. And you should work on filling all your years with as much joy as possible. Even

I heard a bird congratulating itself all day for being a jay. Nobody cared. But it was glad all over again, and said so, again.

Why I Am Happy Now has come, an easy time. I let it roll. There is a lake somewhere so blue and far nobody owns it. A wind comes by and a willow listens gracefully. I hear all this, every summer. I laugh and cry for every turn of the world, its terribly cold, innocent spin. That lake stays blue and free; it goes on and on. And I know where it is.

Why had he wanted to be rich, or to feel rich? Was he an unhappy mouse before? Didn't he see the King himself often looking sad? Was anyone completely happy?

The economy as it is currently structured would grind to a halt if we ever looked at our stuff and simply declared, "It is enough. I am happy with what I have.

Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average citizen should be content with their humble role in life.

Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. ... The average American (should be) content with their humble role in life, because they're not tempted to think about any other role.

There may be no better gateway to happiness than cultivating our gratitude.

Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room.

And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away Than what it leaves behind.

The world is too much with us.

He is by nature led To peace so perfect that the young behold With envy, what the old man hardly feels.

Plain living and high thinking.

whom I have loved With such communion, that no place on earth Can ever be a solitude to me

It's easy to be overwhelmed by our desires for material things, but the fact is, most of us know what we truly value. Sometimes we just need a little reminder.

You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

You will never find love until you stop looking.