Quotes About Contentment

You may never acquire and use everything that you want in life. But guess what? You do have access to your basic and daily needs or rather the five necessities of life (food, water, clothing, air and shelter). And that is a logical reason why you should always thank God Almighty everyday come what may. ~Emeasoba George

You may never acquire and use everything that you want in life. But guess what? You do have access to your basic and daily needs or rather the five necessities of life (food, water, clothing, air and shelter). And that is a reasonable reason why you should thank or appreciate God almighty everyday come what may.

You ought not to be worried of whatever God refuses/declines to give you. For, he does give you many things even without your request/consent.

You shouldn't be bothered of anything God denied you. Rather, be grateful for all things. For he knows the best for you.

Nothing more to pursue, except the pursuit of nothing.

I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass—which is better than trying to fill them.

The only interesting philosophers are the ones who have stopped thinking and have begun to search for happiness.

I've never practiced a profession and have lived like a sort of student. I consider this my greatest success, my life hasn't been a failure because I succeeded in doing nothing.

Nu pot fi fericiÅ£i decât oamenii care nu gândesc nimic, adic? aceia care gândesc numai cât trebuie vieÅ£ii.

We are fulfilled only when we aspire to nothing, when we are impregnated by that nothing to the point of intoxication.

Tot ce nu-i fericire este un minus de iubire.

În sfârÅŸit, înÅ£elepciunea. Nu-mi mai fac niciun plan, nu mai scriu un rând. Cincisprezece c?rÅ£i, cincisprezece cadavre - cred c? ajunge.

Niciodat? nu sim?eam suferin?e care s-o poat? egala pe aceea de a nu fi suferit destul.

Por qué habríamos de hacer algo? ¿Por qué? Creo que toda acción es fundamentalmente inútil y que el hombre ha frustrado su destino, que era el de no hacer nada. Creo que el único momento justo en la historia es el periodo antiguo de la India, en el que se hacía una vida contemplativa, en el que se contentaban con mirar las cosas sin ocuparse nunca de ellas.

El paraíso no era un lugar soportable, de lo contrario, el primero hombre se habría adaptado a él; este mundo tampoco lo es, ya que en él se añora el paraíso o se da otro por seguro. ¿Qué hacer? ¿A dónde ir? No hagamos nada, no vayamos a ningún lado, así sin más.

I shall never utterly admire anyone except a man dishonored — and happy. There is a man, I should say, who defies the opinion of his fellows and who finds consolation and happiness in himself alone.

The poor, by thinking unceasingly of money, reach the point of losing the spiritual advantages of non-possession, thereby sinking as low as the rich.

It is a great force, and a great fortune, to be able to live without any ambition whatever. I aspire to it, but the very fact of so aspiring still participates in ambition.

I would give the whole universe and all of Shakespeare for a grain of ataraxy.

Why do men insist on achieving something? Would it not be better if they stood still under the sun in calm and silent immobility? What is there to accomplish? Why so much effort and ambition? Man has forgotten the meaning of silence.

If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.

Make it a simple formula for your life.

Believer me, life can be much simpler. And you'll discover an energy for the things in life that really matter.

The point is, bring joy to your surroundings.