Quotes About Contentment

Often the greatest poverty comes when we fail to realize what we have, just as the greatest deception comes when we do not know who we are.

Without sadness, there can be no happiness, which means a state of eternal bliss really wouldn't be that blissful. In fact, at a certain point, it would be mostly annoying. Nothing to strive for, nothing to look forward to, nothing to do.

Four varieties in society: lovers, the ambitious, observers, and fools. The fools are the happiest.

Key in life is to be able to answer the question "How much is enough?" Modern society has a desire to accumulate stuff & do nothing with it

We live in a society either scarred by scarcity or spoiled by luxury. We have no idea how much is enough. We don't know when to quit.

If you have to go through life being unhappy to conform to society around you, that's not a very good deal.

I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me

They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society.

You have a chance to move in far better society than the Joneses. Why worry about keeping up with the Joneses? Keep up with the Angels and you'll be far wiser and happier.

If we didn't live in a society that told us we're not OK if we're not making 100 grand a year, I think we'd all be a lot happier.

Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.

There are four varieties in society the lovers the ambitious observers and fools. The fools are the happiest.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.

The ultimate self is free from sin, free from old age, free from death and grief, free from hunger and thirst, which desires nothing and imagines nothing.

The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors.

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

Happiness depends on what you can give, not on what you can get.

Take someone who doesn't keep score, who's not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing, who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he's free.

For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.

Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.

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