Quotes About Contentment

Success achieved on the basis of struggle may bring good things to us, but the inner fulfillment we seek from these things will be lacking.

Nothing is more important than reconnecting to your bliss. Nothing is as rich, nothing is more real.

Deja de darle tanta importancia a tener razón. En el gran esquema de las cosas, tener razón no es nada comparado con ser feliz.

You feel resentful to be on the low side of the comparison, yet being on the high side brings no peace either, because there's no such thing as being better all the time. So this is a great game to give up---you win by walking away.

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well,

Perfect happiness would be a state of constant pleasantness. We all know this is unrealistic and will never be attained.

If we make happiness our primary goal instead of our secondary goal, then we easily accomplish everything else we desire.

Sit down and make a list of the answers to these two questions: Ask yourself, if money was no concern and you had all the time and money in the world, what would you do? If you would still do what you currently do, then you are in dharma, because you have passion for what you do

La pobreza es sin duda una fuente de infelicidad, pero también lo es el dinero, ya que una vez que la gente tiene lo suficiente para asegurarse las necesidades básicas, el dinero extra no la hace más feliz; de hecho, la responsabilidad añadida, junto con el miedo a perderlo, a menudo tiene el efecto contrario.

Who is content simply to be? You too have felt the peace of simply being. Wake up to that, and you will join me in being free.

There are many secrets; don't try to resolve them all.

There we were, me and Honey. It wasn't France, but it was somehow fine.

And my only rule being if when I wake in the morning I'm looking forward to the things that I have to do that day, then I'm on the right track.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.

The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.

Ain't you interested in bettering yourself?" "'Bettering yourself.' Now there's a phrase for you. You think your brother is a better man now than he was when he was hoeing corn?" "He's happier." "That ain't the same thing. He's happy at everybody's else's expense. Progress is always at somebody's expense. Hit means putting everything in order till they's no room to breathe. Progress means cleaning everything up. But I like things dirty.

What else can you do?" Gram asked "Live without love? Keep a houseful of cats? Pah! What kind of life is that? How lonely an existence. Love's not always easy, but it's worth it. You'll never find happiness if you let fear stand in the way of what you truly desire

I came here searching for something, Dad. I didn't find what I'd expected, but I found what I needed: peace. I needed peace.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has," believed Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus. And as an old Buddhist proverb states: "'Enough' is a feast.

As I preach to my congregation every Sunday when it comes to staying afloat financially and living within your means, there is nothing easy about easy payments. Learn to say the words "I can't afford it." —Kirbyjon Caldwell