Quotes About Contentment

Comparison is the thief of joy

It seemed to me that both Julian and Gao Ming had found something that most very rich people will never have: a feeling that they have enough.

never get into the petty habit of measuring your self-worth against other people's net worth.

I don't think about what I'll get from someone else. Instead, all I care about is what I can give. And that, my friend, has made me a very happy man.

They truly believed that a day without laughter or a day without love

Nothing's as valuable as my happiness. Nothing's as priceless as my peace of mind

We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Sure, life could always be better. But happiness is all about gaining a sense of proportion and perspective.

Heaven on Earth Is a State, Not a Place.

unless you reduce your needs, you will never be fulfilled.

The lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul.

success on the outside means nothing unless you also have success within. There is a huge difference between well-being and being well-off.

Tranquility is the new luxury of our society.

life's greatest pleasures are often life's simplest ones.

The moment I stopped spending so much time chasing the big pleasures of life, I began to enjoy the little ones, like watching the stars dancing in a moonlit sky or soaking in the the sunbeams of a glorious summer morning. And India is such an intellectually stimulating place that I rarely thought of all I had left.

It's fine to be content, but never be satisfied.

el éxito externo no significa nada a no ser que tengas éxito interno.

Hay una enorme diferencia entre el beneficio y el bienestar.

Our culture tells us to pursue titles and trinkets, applause and acclaim, money and mansions. All that's fine—it truly is—so long as you don't get brainwashed into defining your worth as a human being by these things. Enjoy them, just don't get attached to them. Have them, just don't base your identity around them. Appreciate them, just don't need them.

This wasn't a hunger for a bigger house of a faster car. This was a far deeper hunger: a hunger for living with more meaning, with more festivity and more satisfaction.

If you want to be happier, do more of the things that make you happy.

John, la vida no siempre te da lo que pides, pero sí te da lo que necesitas.

we spend too much time focusing on the "crust of life" rather than on all the good things that flow in and out of our days.

Confía en que no hay mejor lugar donde puedas estar que el lugar que ocupas ahora. Y