Quotes About Contentment

Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

He who ashamed of his poverty would be equally proud of his wealth.

Width of life is more important than length of life.

I'm very comfortable with how I look. I always have been. I think I look pretty good. There's nothing I want to change. I'm pretty happy with what I've got.

And suddenly you're all i need the reason why I smile<3

I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even the moments of emptiness, even the unanswered-and that I loved it, that is the unanswered in my life.

If we want real happiness, the only way it can arise is by letting go of the one who is unhappy. It is not a question of trying to hold on to the one who is happy. Rather, when the unhappy one is relinquished, nothing else remains except the happiness of tranquility and pure awareness.

Contentment with our life as it is brings a feeling of great lightness, for we lose the burden of continually craving for situations and people to be different. Things are as they are. Refusing to accept this creates dukkha and brings pain. It is like pushing against a sealed door. We push and we push until our hands hurt, but we cannot open it. If we are wise, we accept that this is simply how it is. The door is sealed, and it is perfectly all right that it is so.

Nothing that is to be had in the world, anywhere, under any circumstances, is capable of bringing fulfillment

The path the Buddha taught and is explaining to Po??hap›da in this sutta has to be followed step by step. First comes morality, then guarding the sense-doors, mindfulness and clear comprehension, contentment, letting go of the hindrances, and — only after these — the first meditative absorption.

It is well worth our while to check out need against greed, and see where that takes us.

You're perfect for each other, she had insisted. "both of you act like you're already retired, always stuck at home reading books.

There is little consolation in the fact that millions of people are unhappier than we are. Why should other people's misery make us happier or more content?

HiçbirÅŸeyi olmayan?n bile isteyince vereceÄŸi çok ÅŸeyi vard?r. Ald?kça deÄŸil, verdikçe mutluyuz. Kendinden vermek mutluluktur, ama kendini vermek en büyük mutluluktur

The mind that reaches out to other people, to the environment, to provide what it seems to lack itself, is a mind that is ignorant of its own resources for peace and happiness.

One of the most persistent of all delusions is the conviction that the source of our dissatisfaction lies outside ourselves.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

Jealousy... is a mental cancer.

It is our job to make women unhappy with what they have.

Life should be great rather than long.

It's time for someone to say it: You've got to lower your expectations.

whose mind is not steady doesn't get happiness either amongst the people or in the loneliness of the jungle. When lonely he longs for company and when in company he yearns for loneliness.

No penance is greater than the one done for maintaining peace, no happiness is better than the one received from satisfaction, no disease is more damaging than greed and no Dharma is better than the one having compassion for all.