Quotes About Contentment

Desde qué ando todo el día entre la gente y veo lo que hacen y como se afanan, estoy mucho más contento de mi mismo

Buon Dio, tu che mi hai concesso tutti questi doni, perché non te ne sei tenuti la metà e non mi hai dato in cambio la fiducia in me stesso e la capacità di accontentarmi?

Kötülükten kurtulmak isteyen, her zaman ne istedi?ini bilir; sahip oldu?undan daha iyisini isteyen bakarkördür.

Wenn wir uns selbst fehlen, fehlt uns doch alles.

Art?k ne yönlendirilmek, ne te?vik edilmek, ne de co?turulmak istiyorum, bu yürek zaten yeterince f?rt?nal?; benim ninniye ihtiyac?m var, bunu da fazlas?yla Homeros'umda buldum.

Hem hiç yerde mutlu de?ilim, hem her yerde mutluyum.

Glücklich, den ein leerer Traum beschäftigt, Glücklich, dem die Ahnung eitel wär.

Der ist am glücklichsten, er sei Ein König oder ein Geringer, dem In seinem Hause Wohl bereitet ist.

Il più inquieto e felice di tutti i mortali

Vide?u je! kli?em ujutru, kad se iza sna probudim, i sa razdraganoš?u pogledam put jarkoga sunca; vide?u je! I onda nemam više druge želje za ?itav taj dan. Sve, sve je obuhva?eno tim o?ekivanjem.

I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now.

Because I would rather be with my grandfather on Alp than anywhere on earth.

If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we would be happy with more?

When feminist author Shere Hite or columnist Ann Landers reports that a surprisingly high percentage of their respondents are having affairs or would rather not have had children, we should automatically ask ourselves who is most likely to answer these questionnaires: someone having an affair or someone reasonably content, someone exasperated by her kids or someone happy with them.

Know, then, whatever cheerful and serene Supports the mind supports the body too.

He asks too much to whom God is not sufficient.

Forbid that I should walk through Thy beautiful world with unseeing eyes; Forbid that the lure of the market-place should ever entirely steal my heart away from the love of the open acres and the green trees; Forbid that under the low roof of workshop or office or study I should ever forget Thy great overarching sky: Forbid that when all Thy creatures are greeting the morning with songs and shouts of joy, I alone should wear a dull and sullen face.

Yes, this is what I thought adulthood would be, a kind of long indian summer, a state of tranquility, of calm incuriousness, with nothing left of the barely bearable raw immediacy of childhood, all the things solved that had puzzled me when I was small, all mysteries settled, all questions answered, and the moments dripping away, unnoticed almost, drip by golden drip, toward the final, almost unnoticed, quietus.

With full good will they all fell to, And sought no other sauce thereto Than appetite.

Freedom all solace to man gives;He lives at ease that freely lives.

I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.

Happiness is not something to be pursued, it is something met, an encounter. Most encounters, however, have a sequel; this is their promise. The encounter with happiness has no sequel. All is there instantly. Happiness is what pierces grief.

The only happy people in the world are those who do not have to write long poems

I don't think money makes much difference, as long as you have enough.