Quotes About Contentment

how worthless are all these poor people who are engaged in matters political, and, as they suppose, are playing the philosopher. All drivelers. Well then, man: do what Nature now requires. Set yourself in motion, if it is in your power, and do not look about to see if anyone will observe it, nor expect Plato's Republic: but be content if the smallest thing goes on well, and consider such an event to be no small matter.

Not easily is a man found to be unhappy by reason of his not regarding what is going on in another man's soul; but those who do not attend closely to the motions of their own souls must inevitably be unhappy.

Mihin tahansa kyllästyisinkin, niin aina pysyn onnellisena, sillä onnellinen on se, joka pystyy luomaan itselleen onnellisen kohtalon. Onnellinen kohtalo taas on hyvä mieliala, hyvät taipumukset, hyvät teot.

If then your eyes have really seen where the truth lies, do not care any more what men shall think of you, but be content if the rest of you life, whether long or short, be lived as your nature wills.

that the happy life depends on the fewest possible things;

You must build up your life action by action, and be content if each one achieves its goal as far as possible.

Y entonces amigo mío? haz lo que exige de ti la naturaleza, manos a la obra mientras haya lugar, y no te preocupes por si te imitan. No sueñes en ver establecida la republica de Platón, antes bien, conténtate con tal que progreses un poco, considerando que no es poco fruto este pequeño resultado

By not being content with thy ruling Reason doing the work for which it was constituted, thou hast borne unnumbered ills. Nay, 'tis enough!

Occupy thyself with few things, says the philosopher, if thou wouldst be tranquil.-

Nothing is more miserable than one who is always out and about, running around everything in circles and looking for signs and symptoms to divine his neighbor's minds. He doesn't realize that it is sufficient to concentrate solely on the divinity within himself and to give it true service.

And how trivial the things we want so passionately are.

if all men disbelieve in his living a simple and modest and cheerful life, he is not wroth with any of them, nor swerves from the path which leads to his life's goal, whither he must go pure, peaceful, ready for release, needing no force to bring him into accord with his lot.

Uno se deleita en una cosa, el otro en otra. Pero yo me deleito en conservar sano mi principio rector, sin experimentar aversión por hombre alguno, ni por cosa alguna que acontezca a los hombres, antes bien mirándolo todo con buenos ojos, aceptando y usando de cada cosa según su merito.

Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast select the best, and then reflect how eagerly they would have been sought, if thou hadst them not.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Precz z ksi??kami! Ju? nie dawaj siÄ™ im pociÄ…gn??! Nie wolno! (...) ?aknienie zaÅ› ksi??ek precz od siebie rzu?, byÅ› nie umieraÅ' wÅ›ród narzekaÅ", lecz spokojnie.

Ne snatri o posjedovanju onog što nemaš, radije razmišljaju o vrhunskim blagoslovima u onome što posjeduješ i stoga podsje?aj sebe koliko bi ti nedostajali da nisu ondje. No istovremeno, moraš paziti da te vlastito uživanje u njima ne navikne na ovisnost, i tako izbje?i nemir ako ih ponekad nema.

A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

Hours and days and months and years go by; the past returns no more, and what is to be we cannot know; but whatever the time gives us in which we live, we should therefore be content.

If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

Those who lack within themselves the means for living a blessed and happy life will find any age painful. - How to grow old: ancient wisdom for the second half of life.