Quotes About Contentment

Whoever does not know the austere blessedness of waiting—that is, of hopefully doing without—will never experience the full blessing of fulfillment.

Seek God, not happiness - this is the fundamental rule of all meditation. If you seek God alone, you will gain happiness: that is its promise.

We do not complain of what God does not give us; we rather thank God for what He does give us daily.

One doesn't cling anxiously to life, but neither does one throw it lightly away. One is content with measured time and does not attribute eternity to earthly things. One leaves to death the limited right that it still has. But one expects the new human being and the new world only frombeyond death, from the power that has conquered death.

One is less lonely when one is alone.

We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.

Happiness is being contented with what you got-- so get enough.

Even when you find yourself in the best of situations, you never feel it is enough. You always want more. You give little thought to others' wishes and desires, and only want favorable circumstances for yourself. If you do the slightest favor for someone, you feel you have done something quite extraordinary. That you are so preoccupied with your own happiness and welfare, and neglect the welfare and happiness of others, is the reason you are wandering in samsara.

si nous ne parvenons pas à nous dégager des besoins les plus futiles, nous en voudrons toujours plus que nécessaire

nous avons de quoi nous vêtir et nous loger, mais nous aimerions tellement avoir des vêtements plus remarquables,

nous avons de quoi nous vêtir et nous loger, mais nous aimerions tellement avoir des vêtements plus remarquables, une demeure plus vaste, plus confortable.

Nous devrions moins nous inquiéter de notre apparence physique et chercher davantage à ne pas gaspiller notre vie.

The one who finds contentment is truly rich.

It is foolish to hold tightly to material possessions. We do not own them, but they can own us.

To delight in the law of the Lord is to find our source of joy outside of ourselves.

Even if God never did another good thing in our lives, we could spend the rest of this life praising Him for what He has already done.

It was delightful to wake up early and refreshed, and come down to this sunshiny, cheerful breakfast-table, where, though nothing was grand, all was thoroughly comfortable.

For the first time in my life, every day when I woke up I had clean clothes, and something to eat two, three times a day, as much as I wanted. Once I had that, I realized my revolution was over.

Mari sunt satisfac?iile unei vie?i laborioase, a?ezate ?i lini?tite, dar ?i mai mare este atrac?ia abisului.

Pensò di essere nel mondo dell'aldilà, apparentemente identico al nostro, solo che le belle cose si avverano secondo i giusti desideri e dopo essere stati soddisfatti si rimane con l'animo in pace, non come quaggiù dove c'è sempre qualche cose che avvelena anche le giornate migliori.

Pensò di essere nel mondo dell'aldilà, apparentemente identico al nostro, solo che le belle cose si avverano secondo i giusti desideri e dopo essere stati soddisfatti si rimane con l'animo in pace, non come quaggiù dove c'è sempre qualche cosa che avvelena anche le giornate migliori.

Devia ser uma tarde de felicidade, mesmo para os homens de uma sorte mediana.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

The human capacity for unhappiness is so enormous that the entire world cannot fill it.