Quotes About Contentment

One should not grieve for the past and worry for the future. The wise care for the present and chart their life's course accordingly.

Perfecting: Always Be Happy with the Smallest Improvement

Avirati: This is the tremendous craving for sensory objects after they have been consciously abandoned, which is so hard to restrain. Without being attached to the objects of sense, the yogi learns to enjoy them with the aid of the senses which are completely under his control. By the practice of pratyahara he wins freedom from attachment and emancipation from desire and becomes content and tranquil.

The world is not a burden; we make it a burden by our desires. When the desires are removed, the world is as light as a feather on an elephant's back.

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.

A man that is busy, and inquisitive, is commonly envious. For to know much of other men's matters, cannot be because all that ado may concern his own estate; therefore it must needs be, that he taketh a kind of play-pleasure, in looking upon the fortunes of others. Neither can he, that mindeth but his own business, find much matter for envy. For envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets, and doth not keep home: Non est curiosus, quin idem sit malevolus.

I'm kind of a boring person. People think I get to travel the world and I rap or whatever, but I'm pretty boring. My life is pretty crazy enough, and when I'm not on the road or doing something, I'm kind of boring.

I don't really want to rap about money.

The purest joy for the human spirit and the sheerest delight for man's heart are the rapture of the spirit contained within the love of God.

The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

I think no matter whether you're old or young or dying or living, to get to a place where you feel fulfilled and content is really rare and really cool.

I know there's a big bad world out there, but I rarely come across it.

Hamish and I rarely go to launches or parties any more but prefer to spend our time hanging out together.

Sometimes I'll think, 'That was a really nice day. I ate well, I exercised, I called some friends, wasn't working too hard,' but I rarely have one of those.

I don't want to be in any rat race.

I am no longer interested in the rat race and I want to be around in a meaningful way.

I never felt the need to be in the rat race.

I am not in a hurry to be number one. I don't want to be in the rat race in that sense.

I'd rather be rich and miserable than poor and miserable.

I would rather be lying in a bed than changing one.

I think ratings are something that shouldn't bother you. At the end of it, you should be happy with what you are doing.

I do know people who buy these huge houses but I always think, 'What about all that furniture? You're never even going to sit on it!' I don't want to rattle round in a big house.

I loved Ray from 'The Princess and the Frog.' He was my guy. There was no Ray before me, so there's a level of satisfaction there.