Quotes About Contentment

Acceptance of what is. That is the shortest path to peace with yourself.

Love can exist without need

And I'd like to sleep!" "Sleep, then. It's good practice for death.

When you borrow trouble against what might be, you neglect the moment you have now to enjoy.

But there was no point in sighing after what I could not have. It only distracted me from what I did have, and that was more than I'd ever had in my life.

Acceptance of what is. That is the shortest path to peace with yourself. This is wisdom. Does it hurt? Does wisdom hurt? Does peace hurt? Does acceptance hurt?

The whole of everything I want in this world is right here, under my hand.

Wintrow's words seemed to echo through his bones. Acceptance of what is. That is the shortest path to peace with yourself. This is wisdom. Does it hurt? Does wisdom hurt? Does peace hurt? Does acceptance hurt? … He could not answer. He was suffused with the boy's simple faith. It rushed through him, warm and reassuring. Of course, he was right. Acceptance. He could not doubt or deny it." P. 190 Kennit

That isn't how I see it, Amber. That isn't how I see it at all. It's just my life, and now that I have finally discovered what I must have to be happy, I'm willing to lay down my life for it. That's all.' She smiled. 'That is all . You are right. And that is all that All ever is.

Petting the cat makes you feel better, Fennel asserted smugly.

Por un breve espacio de tiempo fui feliz y, don aún más preciado, supe que era feliz.

go on from there, making the best of things. Accept your life, and you might survive it. If you hold back from it, insisting this is not your life, not where you are meant to be, life will pass you by. You may not die from such foolishness, but you might as well be dead for all the good your life will do you or anyone else.

A hungry man can long for hot meat and gravy without disdaining the simple pleasures of bread and cheese.

Ota kissa syliin. Tuntuu paremmalta.

Justicia. Eso es algo que anhelar, algo de lo que nunca estaremos hartos. Pero no. Nos conformamos con la ley

A moment ago you spoke of love without need. To sate your need without love is theft.

Kettricken smiled.

I had a bottle of wine, bread, apples, cheese, sausages, and a ferret in a basket beside me, and a cushion to perch on. I

It is hard for loneliness to gaze on happiness

It was play, pure and simple. Play that I'd had no time for, that I had dismissed as unnecessary and an interruption to all the practical tasks of a well-ordered life. When had I lost sight of taking simple pleasure for the sake of pleasure?

She composed herself and considered all the ways the great web touched her, and was content.

Justice. There's a thing we shall ever thirst after, and ever be parched. No. We content ourselves with law.

The wisest man takes the shortest path to peace with himself.

It was said often at my monastery, 'The wise man takes the shortest path to peace with himself.' Acceptance of what is, that is the shortest path.