Quotes About Contentment

If you're not at least a tiny bit jealous at this point, you might want to check for your own pulse.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

If you can't go where people are happier, try to make people happier where you are.

Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

Health is the first benefit. Content is the first fortune. Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is the first happiness.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.

I do not care for socially recognizable success. I only value that success which I can feel within me, which satisfies me, and which basically stems from self-knowledge.

Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.

No hay trabajo malo mientras no haya otro mejor'.

La felicidad se escurre, no tiene forma, se escapa por una rendija sin que lo percibamos. Es difícil reconocerla, y cuando nos damos cuenta de que nos bañamos en ella, es porque ya nos falta.

si por felicidad se entiende un estado duradero de placer y tranquilidad.

Suave sopla el viento, suave fluye el río, que los días y las noches nos traigan felicidad, que el polvo de la tierra produzca felicidad, que los árboles nos hagan felices con sus frutos, que el Sol nos envuelva de felicidad...

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.

One of the best methods for developing a healthy character is to appreciate all that you presently have. Most people tend to focus on what they don't have rather than on the many gifts they actually possess. A healthy character comes from a sincere appreciation for all that you have today in pursuit of all that you want tomorrow.

How do you determine your values? You do so by asking yourself the following question: "What's most important to me in my life that will make me happy and that will significantly enhance the quality of my life?

peace and joy come not from others but from God:

Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you (Matthew 6:33). Jesus is saying that the so-called "basic things" that are needed should not be of prime concern in life.

All I want to know is that I can keep this house for the rest of my days and I want to make good music... and have the odd sports car in the garage, obviously!

If you give everybody a slice of pie, you will still have more than enough.

There's this big pie in show business, and you physically can't eat the whole pie. If you give everybody a slice of pie, you will still have more than enough. The real trick is not to try to get the whole pie, but to keep the biggest slice.

Can I really remember, over and over again, that, contrary to all indications, fulfilling my desires will not be as satisfying as lessening them? Simple, but not easy.

I'm cool with where I'm at. It's certain things I wanna do to be better, but I'm good.