Quotes About Contentment

Prefer enduring satisfaction to immediate gratification.

It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.

Älä pyri siihen, että kaikki tapahtuisi kuten haluat, vaan halua kaiken tapahtuvan niin kuin se tapahtuu. Silloin elämäsi on tasaista virtaa.

for your part, do not desire to be a general, or a senator, or a consul, but to be free; and the only way to this is a disregard of things which lie not within our own power.

It is better to starve to death in a calm and confident state of mind than to live anxiously amidst abundance. And

Seek not for events to happen as you wish but rather wish for events to happen as they do and your life will go smoothly.

If you keep yourself calm, poised and dignified, [10] if you observe rather than are observed, if you don't envy people with greater success, don't let externals disconcert you – if you do all this, what more do you need?

Freedom is not attained through the satisfaction of desires, but through the suppression of desires.

Rahats?z edici bir sorunun sakin bir ÅŸekilde üstesinden gelmek, benim içsel huzurum için ödediÄŸim bedeldir. Kayg? ve endiÅŸeden özgür kalmam için ödediÄŸim ÅŸeydir; iÅŸe yaramaz bir ÅŸey için deÄŸil.

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, He who is content.

Show me one who is sick and yet happy, in peril and yet happy, dying and yet happy, in exile and happy, in disgrace and happy. Show him me. By the gods I would fain see a Stoic. Nay you cannot show me a finished Stoic; then show me one in the moulding, one who has set his feet on the path

For your part, do not adopt any air of superiority. Mind your own business, keep busy with the work you are best suited for, and play well the part the Author has given you.

Do your best to rein in your desire. For if you desire something that isn't within your own control, disappointment will surely follow; meanwhile, you will be neglecting the very things that are within your control that are worthy of desire.

As you travel the path of philosophy, be content to be considered plain or even foolish. Do not strive to be celebrated for anything. If you are praised by others, be skeptical of yourself. For it it is no easy feat to hold onto your inner harmony while collecting accolades. When grasping for one, you are likely to drop the other.

Destroy desire completely for the present. For if you desire anything which is not in our power, you must be unfortunate

the same thing, really, that we all want: to live in peace, to be happy, to do as we like and never be foiled or forced to act against our wishes.

What is the product of virtue? Tranquillity.

When you are alone, you should call this tranquility and freedom and when you are with many you shouldn't call this a crowd, or trouble or uneasiness but festival and company and contentedly accept it.

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well.

Inner peace begins when we stop saying of things, "I have lost it" and instead say, "It has been returned to where it came from.

These are not the circumstances that I want.' Is it up to you to choose them? You have been given that particular body, these particular parents and brothers, this particular social position and place to live. You come to me hoping that I can somehow change these circumstances for you, not even conscious of the assets that are already yours that make it possible to cope with any situation you face.

Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.

Remember that you must behave in life as at a dinner party. Is anything brought around to you? Put out your hand and take your share with moderation. Does it pass by you? Don't stop it. Is it not yet come? Don't stretch your desire towards it, but wait till it reaches you.

Content yourself with being a lover of wisdom, a seeker of the truth. Return and return again to what is essential and worthy. Do not try to seem wise to others. If you want to live a wise life, live it on your own terms and in your own eyes.