Quotes About Contentment

Happy the man, then, who renounces everything and from whom, therefore, nothing can be taken or subtracted.

Ik heb nooit meer van het leven verlangd dan dat dat niets van mij zou eisen.

I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of calm along with a bit of bread, not to feel oppressed by the knowledge that I exist, not to demand anything from others, and not to have others demand anything from me—this was denied me, like the spare change we might deny a beggar not because we're mean-hearted but because we don't feel like unbuttoning our coat.

O outro é sempre o obstáculo para quem procura. Só quem não procura é feliz; porque só quem não busca, encontra, visto que quem não procura já tem, e já ter, seja o que for, é ser feliz, como não pensar é a parte melhor de ser rico

Only Tedium, which is a form of aloofness, and Art, which is a form of scorn, gild our [life] with a semblance of contentment.

Ce-mi pas? mie de oameni Sau de cei care sufer? ori se presupune c? sufer?? N-au decât s? fie ca mine- ÅŸi n-ar mai suferi. Tot r?ul pe lume vine din faptul c? ne îngrijor?m unul pentru cel?lalt, Indiferent dac? vrem s? facem bine sau r?u. Sufletul nostru,cerul ÅŸi p?mântul ne sunt de ajuns. A dori ÅŸi mai mult înseamn? a le pierde,a fi nefericit.

Dormimos ali acordados dias, contentes de não ser nada, de não ter desejos nem esperanças, de nos termos esquecido da cor dos amores e do sabor dos ódios.

No le he pedido a la vida sino que no me pidiese nada.

To be that with a certain knowledge, neither happy nor sad, but thankful to the sun for its brilliance and to the stars for their remoteness. To be nothing more, to have nothing more, to desire nothing further... The music of the starving beggar, the song of the blind man, the relic of the unknown vagabond, the hoof-prints in the desert of an unladen camel without a point of arrival".

A tua janela é alta, A tua casa branquinha. Nada lhe sobra ou lhe falta Senão morares sozinha.

For me this sun, these meadows and these flowers are enough. But if they weren't enough, What I would want is a sun more sun than the sun, Meadows more meadows than these meadows, Flowers more flowers than these flowers— Everything more ideal than what it is, in the same way and same manner! That thing over there more there than it is!

I failed in everything. Since I had no ambition, perhaps I failed in nothing.

Maestro, son plácidas todas las horas que malgastamos, si al malgastarlas, cual en un jarrón, ponemos flores.

Happiness is the certainty that our life is not going in vain.

Pues bien, quizá la felicidad tenga que ver también con la habilidad o la sabiduría para retrasar el máximo tiempo posible esta desgana de vivir.

La buena vida que tú quieres ¿es algo así como la de Kane? ¿Te conformas con el plato de lentejas de Esaú?

Everything that gave her pleasure was small and depressed him.

Dear God please give me some place, no matter how small, but let me know it and keep it. If I am the one to wash the second step everyday, let me know it and let me wash it and let my heart overflow with love washing it.

There won't be any biographies of me, for only one reason, lives spent between the house and the chicken farm do not make for exciting copy.

If you have a great woman, you don't need family and friends.

I just need to remember even if I don't get the title, I have an awesome life and an awesome family and friends.

I'm a family man now. I don't need no distractions; I don't need no big cities, no big lights, at this point in my career.

I'm a family man. I like being home.

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.