Quotes About Contentment

Before long he felt the peaceful floating sensation of a man vaguely and happily aware that he is falling asleep.

You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.

Mi corazón no es orgulloso, ni son altivos mis ojos; no busco grandezas desmedidas, ni proezas que excedan a mis fuerzas.

Mi corazón no es orgulloso, ni son altivos mis ojos; no busco grandezas desmedidas, ni proezas que excedan a mis fuerzas. SALMO 131:1

He calmado y aquietado mis ansias. Soy como un niño recién amamantado en el regazo de su madre. SALMO 131:2

when I think of all our gifts, all our riches - the sky the sea, the sea, the mountains and the sun - everything is there for us to seize and enjoy, and still people sit in their little corners and moan about how they are poor... as for me, wherever I shall be and whatever I shall do, I shall always be a rich man.

in the end you are the only one who can make yourself happy. More important, ...it is never too late to find out how to do it.

I felt that I was really living in the moment. I did not know where my life was going, but right now the future did not trouble me.

How young you are. When you attain my age you will understand one of life's great secrets: Luxury is best appreciated in small portions. When it becomes routine it loses its allure.

I got back into the car thinking how lucky I was to be aware of happiness. Most people don't recognize their own good fortune until it has departed. And then it is too late.

She was happiest when sitting about and reading. She had read thousands of books, seeing no point in doing anything else unless you had to.

They remained the same and could be an endless source of pleasure and satisfaction. There might be people, or a person, of whom that was also true, but he had never, by the age of eighteen, come across any of them.

How many BMWs do you need? How many Rolex watches you gonna wear in your lifetime, for crying out loud? What is it about that kind of desire? I don't understand it.

I don't regard my life as insufficient. Inside the brushwood gate there is a moon; there are flowers.

Pourquoi me sentirais-je Dans le besoin ? Devant ma porte de broussailles, La lune est là, Les fleurs sont là.

Starving men should never pretend to enjoy a crust of bread.

Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more?

Leave the table hungry. Leave the bed sleepy. Leave the table thirsty. Here

Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice.

Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days' worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment? Listening to the night rain on my roof, I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.

In this world of dreams, drifting off still more; and once again speaking and dreaming of dreams. Just let it be.

He(kala babu) was always heard saying, 'keep people's bellies full and balls empty

In the partnership of a pure, holy purpose it (money) seems almost omnipotent. But when it is allowed to grip both lines and whip, it drives a man at such a pace as to use up all his strength, and leave him utterly winded for anything else.

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