Quotes About Contentment

Happy is the man who is nothing.

You are not happy because you're healthy, you are healthy because you're happy

Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us.

You cannot be both unhappy, and fully present in the Now.

What man really seeks is not perfection which is in the future, but fulfillment which is ever in the present.

Spiritual life is not dry, it is also exceuted happily, 'susukham'. The result of that is not just happiness, but bliss, spiritual joy.

Everything I need now is here

The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.

Man is in reality a spiritual being and only when he lives in the spirit is he truly happy.

Oh Soul! You worry too much. Your arms are heavy with treasures of all kinds.

Not enough is a spiritual state, not an economic one.

Two there are who are never satisfied -- the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge.

Joy is not dependent on circumstances; it is your own. It is not a titillation produced by things; it is a state of peace, of silence-a meditative state. It is spiritual.

An attitude of gratitude brings great things.

What is joy? Joy is nothing but the Self. When desires are fulfilled, the mind is stilled. This allows the Self to shine forth and that is what we call joy.

Pay attention to that unchanging part of yourself. It is perfect. At the source of life, and only there, one finds peace, harmony, and the undisturbed contentment of bliss.

When I die, don't come, I wouldn't want a leaf to turn away from the sun -- it loves it there. There's nothing so spiritual about being happy but you can't miss a day of it, because it doesn't last.

This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells - that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one's spiritual Self (atman).

The master never seemed to have his fill of gazing at his firstborn child. "What do you want him to be when he grows up?" someone asked. "Outrageously happy," said the master.

Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored.

Real happiness in life comes from the mental capacity to adapt to any situation.

Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for.

From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any FIRST AND FOREMOST object but one -- to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for HIMSELF.

I acknowledge with great gratitude the peace and contentment we can find for ourselves in the spiritual cocoons of our homes, our sacrament meetings, and our holy temples.