Quotes About Contentment

In our own culture, we might call it "catalogue consciousness," obsessively rifling through the pages to see what else we might want. It's "wanting to want," and it's a disease our culture keeps nourishing.

And one abides independent, not clinging to anything in the world.

Buddhism is a clever way to enjoy life. Happiness is available. Please help yourselves to it.

You don't have to fulfil desires for them to go away.

I used to think it was immoral to be unhappy.

He was working hard at increasing his life span. He did it by cultivating boredom.

It takes very little to make us [women] happy, and more than is contained in heaven and earth to keep us that way

That's what Paradise is- never knowing the difference.

Lehet, hogy egy hosszú életet tényleg sok kellemetlen körülménnyel kell megtölteni, ha azt akarjuk, hogy hosszúnak látsszon. De ha így van, kinek kell? – Nekem – mondta neki Dunbar. – Miért? – kérdezte Clevinger. – Tudsz jobbat?

Yossarian gorged himself in the mess hall until he thought he would explode and then sagged back in a contented stupor, his mouth filmy with a succulent residue.

Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one? I do, Dunbar told him. Why? Clevinger asked. What else is there?

The men were perfectly content to fly as manny missions as we asked them as long as thought they had no alternative. Now you've given them hope, and they're unhappy. So the blame is all yours.

Success means successful living. When you are peaceful, happy, joyous, and doing what you love to do, you are successful.

You must choose happiness. Happiness is a habit. It is a good habit on which to ponder often.

I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious, and happy.

The kingdom of happiness is in your thought and feeling.

He was very happy in discovering that man finds happiness within himself.

The truth is that happiness is a mental and spiritual state.

La persona corriente busca la riqueza, el éxito, la felicidad y la abundancia en todas partes, menos dentro de sí misma.

Henceforth, I shall grow more good-humored. Joy, happiness, and cheerfulness are now becoming my normal states of mind.

The real things of life, such as peace, harmony, integrity, security, and happiness are intangible.

La verdad es que la felicidad es un estado mental y espiritual

Don't complain   About anything     Not even to yourself.

Milarepa was. "He's the Buddhist meditation master who lives in those mountains. He has tamed his mind, so he is always comfortable. He knows his own nature, so he doesn't need confirmation from others. He is completely content with whatever he has, so he never needs anything. That makes him the richest man in the world.