Quotes About Contentment

For when an old man relives his life, he lives it only by dwelling upon his memories; and when wisdom in an old man has outgrown the immediate impressions of life, the past viewed from the quiet of memory is something different from the present in all its bustle. The time of work and of strain, of merrymaking and of dancing is over. Life requires nothing more of the old man and he claims nothing more of it. By

Expect Nothing

Quincy and Jake seem to be content to spend an enormous amount of time along together, which I count as romantic, but might simply be because they don't have a child: the Blues versus the world.

Mishal, I'm forty years old and as contented as a forty-day babe. I see now that I've been falling deeper and deeper into our love over the years, and now I swim, like some fish, in that warm sea.' How much she gave him, he marvelled; how much he needed her!

The rich are obscure to us, finding ways to be unhappy when all the normal causes of unhappiness are removed.

El hecho de estar vivo te compensa de las cosas que te hace la vida.

Bir ÅŸey tabi hiçbir ÅŸey den çok, çok daha iyidir, yar? memnun geçirdiÄŸimiz ömrün sonunda kar??m?za ç?ksa bile.

They had been married in the Rhodopé Building looking out at the glory of the park. They honeymooned in the same private universe and needed nothing more, neither Venice nor the Hatsheput Temple nor an island in the sun.

I'm lucky yes I am don't argue I'm the luckiest bastard in the world. And: how wonderful it was to have before him the stretching, shady avenue of years, the prospect of growing old in the presence of her gentleness.

Some people are content in the midst of deprivation and danger, while others are miserable despite having all the luck in the world. This is not to say that external circumstances do not matter. But it is your mind, rather than circumstances themselves, that determines the quality of your life. Your mind is the basis of everything you experience and of every contribution you make to the lives of others. Given this fact, it makes sense to train it.

a human mind is a wandering mind, and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind.

We seem to do little more than lurch between wanting and not wanting. Thus, the question naturally arises: Is there more to life than this? Might it be possible to feel much better (in every sense of better) than one tends to feel? Is it possible to find lasting fulfillment despite the inevitability of change?

Each of us is looking for a path back to the present: We are trying to find good enough reasons to be satisfied now.

Ceaseless change is an unreliable basis for lasting fulfillment.

Everything we want to accomplish—to paint the house, learn a new language, find a better job—is something that promises that, if done, it would allow us to finally relax and enjoy our lives in the present. Generally speaking, this is a false hope.

We are all trying to find a path back to the present moment. And good enough reason to just be happy here... Mindfulness meditation is just a trick for doing that. It's a trick for setting aside your to-do list, if only for a few moments, and actually locate a feeling of fulfilment in the present

Is it possible to be happy before anything happens, before one's desires are gratified, in spite of life's difficulties, in the very midst of physical pain, old age, disease, and death?

But while having some choice is generally good, it seems that having too many options tends to undermine our feelings of satisfaction, no matter which option we choose.

A true spiritual practitioner is someone who has discovered that it is possible to be at ease in the world for no reason, if only for a few moments at a time.

I want to maximize my happiness, but I am generally not moved to do what I believe will make me happier than I now am.

There is at least a billion people in this world, who would consider their prayers answered if they could switch places with you.

You know you're getting old when you start watching golf on TV and enjoying it.

Golf is a good preoccupation but as the meaning of life ... it lacks a few things.

Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.