Quotes About Contentment

We had money, but there was nothing to buy. Instead, my husband would collect grass and leaves and we'd fry them in olive oil.

Yo nunca quiero desear nada después de ver el daño que acarrea el deseo

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.

Happiness is a function of accepting what is.

Don't worry so much about others, panda bear eats bamboo like a heart of palm.

Let me live my way just for a minute and I'll tell you what happiness is.

My plans for tomorrow is to be happy today."

After I spent my whole life chasing wings, I learned that I don't need them to fly."

Rich is the one who doesn't need money to be happy.

Wanting the result of others is the same as asking the seed to bear fruit.

I finally faced the fact that it isn`t a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

I'd rather be alone than unhappy

I'm much happier on my own. I can spend as much time with somebody as I want to spend, but I'm not looking to be with somebody forever or live with someone. I don't want somebody in my house.

I have found that the key to being happy — well, one of the keys, anyway — is to be easily amused

I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldn't want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith - I've had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe I'd like to be J. K. Rowling, but I'll settle for second best.

Rage makes a man sick, my son. It spoils his appetite for life and keeps him from sleep at night. We cannot change our world, so we must look for the good things in life and enjoy those to the full.

I had learnt the satisfaction which comes from hardship and the pleasure which derives from abstinence; the contentment of a full belly; the richness of meat; the taste of clean water; the ecstasy of surrender when the craving of sleep becomes a torment; the warmth of a fire in the chill of dawn.

What use will money be to him in the Sands.

Love is the absence of Anxiety.

Mutluluk önemlidir ama anlam daha önemlidir.

Ama insanlar?n hayatta bir miktar mutsuz olmaya da ihtiyaçlar? vard?r, a?k da bunun güvenilir bir tedarikçisidir.

En vahimi, birçoklar?n?n mutluluktan tam da bunu ummas?d?r: Kesintisiz ho?luk hali, daimi ne?e, keyifler hep yerinde olsun ve bol e?lence. Ne var ki mutlulu?u bir tür daimi zevkte aramak, mutsuz olman?n en emin yoludur. ... ?nsanlar?n hayatlar?nda dair huzursuzluk duymalar? için bir ?eyin onlar? ac?tmas? gerekir: ??te bunu mutsuzlu?a borçluyuzdur.

Silence is safe.

Thanksgiving-day, I fear, If one the solemn truth must touch, Is celebrated, not so much To thank the Lord for blessing o'er, As for the sake of getting more!