Quotes About Contentment

Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit. (If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.)

Angustus animus pec?niam amat.

É impossível não ser felicíssimo quem em tudo depende apenas de si e em si mesmo tudo apóia.

I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.

Wenn du einen Garten und eine Bibliothek hast, wird Dir an nichts fehlen.

Zoals de dwaasheid nooit tevreden is, zelfs niet als haar wensen worden vervuld, zo is de wijsheid steeds tevreden met wat voorhanden is, en heeft nooit onvrede met zichzelf.

Dac? ai o gr?din? ?i o bibliotec?, ai tot ce-?i trebuie.

We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy?

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hard-shelled, firmly closed.

They will not let you have peace, they don't want you to have anything they don't have themselves.

Waste not want not. I am not being wasted. Why do I want?

How were we to know we were happy?

They are as happy as they can be, given who they are. Though if they'd been different people they might have been happier.

Is anything wrong, dear? the old joke went. No, why? You moved. Just don't move.

I've learned to do without a lot of things. If you have a lot of things, said Aunt Lydia, you get too attached to this material world and you forget about spiritual values.

This world is not enough, but it will have to do. You can either hold on or let go.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

There I am, in the Grade Six class picture, smiling broadly. Happy as a clam , is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hardshelled, firmly closed.

I know I was alright on Friday when I got up; if anything I was feeling more stolid than usual.

No more photos. Surely there are enough. No more shadows of myself thrown by light onto pieces of paper, onto squares of plastic.

But I envy the Commander's Wife her knitting. It's good to have small goals that can be easily attained.

I've learned to do without a lot of things. If you have a lot of things, said Aunt Lydia, you get too attached to this material world and you forget about spiritual values. You must cultivate poverty of spirit. Blessed are the meek.

A return to traditional values. Waste not want not. I am not being wasted. Why do I want?