Quotes About Contentment

Life's simplest things are love, and kindly friends, Nature's sweet charm of earth and sea and sky gladness of soul that with right living blends -- home's dear content, so cheap that all may buy.

PITHOS Climb into a jar and live for a while. Chill earth. No stars in this stone sky. You have ceased to ache. Your spine is a flower.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.

The pursuit of happiness is a lifelong struggle.

What I've learned is not to pay much attention to those that say, "Money will not make you happy." To them, I answer, it's certainly a good place to start. And not having it can make you sad.

Rahiye ab aisi jagah chalkar jahan koi na ho Ham sukhan koi na ho aur ham juban koi na ho

Mr. Wonka: "Don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he wanted." Charlie Bucket: "What happened?" Mr. Wonka: "He lived happily ever after.

Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it.

Something I really enjoy about older couples is that they really have given up on getting everything right. They don't sweat the imperfections.

I thought, There is nowhere else in the universe I would rather be at this moment. I could count the places I would not rather be. I've always wanted to see New Zealand, but I'd rather be here.

She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway.

As I took Allison to the airport for her flight into San Francisco and the rest of her life, I thought about how lucky her father and I were to have had her in our lives. My time with her was over, though I was sure we would stay in touch. I kept thinking I should be sad, but I felt content more than anything. Now, I'm not saying I won't want to call her every day, and she'll probably die without me, but why ruin something so perfect trying to stay together?

Niko was a man of few words and flying, sugary snacks. I like that in a human. ~Catcher

If I had a bad day, which, now that I ran my own life, was a helluva lot less than the old days, I sat on the floor with Houdini, placed a hand on his broad head, and soaked up endless doggy wonder. A full stomach, a well-chewed toy, a soft couch—through a dog's eyes, that was a true glory that couldn't be matched, the only heaven in existence. I missed the furball, missed him like crazy.

People who sneer at a half a loaf of bread have never been hungry." George Reedy

Too often we develop a blindness for all of the wonderful things in life.

Too often we focus more on the nice house than the happy family living in it.

We cannot create joy and fulfillment by subtracting complexity and stress from our lives

Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

the evening crowd on University Avenue appeared to be living in an earlier American era, one lacking desperation, hysteria, and Fox News.

Figure out for yourself what you want to be really good at, know that you'll never really satisfy yourself that you've made it, and accept that that's okay