Quotes About Contentment

Money is human happiness in abstracto; consequently he who is no longer capable of happiness in concreto sets his whole heart on money.

The ordinary man places his life's happiness in things external to him, in property, rank, wife and children, friends, society, and the like, so that when he loses them or finds them disappointing, the foundation of his happiness is destroyed. In other words, his center of gravity is not in himself; it is constantly changing its place, with every wish and whim.

there is some wisdom in taking a gloomy view, in looking upon the world as a kind of Hell, and in confining one's efforts to securing a little room that shall not be exposed to the fire.

purse-honora y provecho no caben en un saco.

En büyük mutluluk, kiÅŸiliktir.

Si poseyera aquello que me falta, sería incapaz de disfrutarlo y me resultaría un estorbo

Pokój jest wiÄ™cej wart ni? prawda.

felicidad perfecta es inalcanzable, podamos llegar a esa felicidad relativa que consiste en la ausencia del dolor.

Ac?s?z bir duruma bir de can s?k?nt?s?n?n yokluÄŸu eklenirse, iÅŸte o zaman dünyevi mutluluÄŸa büyük ölçüde eriÅŸilmiÅŸtir: Çünkü geri kalan bir hayaldir.

No man has ever felt perfectly happy in the present; if he had it would have intoxicated him.

The happiest lot is not to have experienced the keenest delights or the greatest pleasures, but to have brought life to a close without any very great pain, bodily or mental.

Aristotle says, To be happy means to be self-sufficient.

DüÅŸünmemekte hoÅŸ bir hayat vard?r. -Sophokles, Aias

Ba?kas?n?n mutlu olmas? seni rahats?z ediyorsa asla mutlu olamazs?n. -Seneca, De ira

Bir ÅŸeyi tutup ona sahip olmak istediÄŸimizde hayattaki say?s?z baÅŸka ÅŸeyden feragat ederek bunlar?n sa??ndan solundan geçip gitmek zorunda kal?r?z

Es difícil encontrar la felicidad dentro de uno mismo, pero es imposible encontrarla en otro lugar.

The happiness we receive from ourselves is greater than that which we obtain from our surroundings.

Zor zamanlarda itidalini korumay?, güzel anlarda da a??r? sevincini dizginlemeyi hat?rla. -Horatius, Carmina

Bütün budalalar?n ba??na gelen en büyük belafikirlerle ilgilenmemeleridir,ve cans?k?nt?s?ndan kurtulmak için sürekli olarak gerçekliklere ihtiyaç duymalar?d?r.Fakat gerçeklikler ya tatmin edicilikten uzak ya da tehlikelerle doludur; üstelik ilginç olmaktan ç?kt?klar?nda yorucu hale gelirler.Fakat düÅŸünce dünyas? s?n?rs?z,zarars?z ve sakindir.

Moses went on to warn them, "Take heed . . . lest, when you have eaten and are full . . . your heart be lifted up" (8:11–14). Hosea tells us that this is exactly what happened (Hos. 13:6), despite the warning.

Humbling was a nice word, Rahel thought. Humbling along without a care in the world.

And so, in these ways, in order to please Zainab, Anjum began to rewrite a simpler, happier life for herself. The rewriting in turn began to make Anjum a simpler, happier person.

I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is the real freedom, that I don't want anything. I don't want money or prizes. I want people to know that a war is going to be fought.

He could feel the tremor, the motor under her skin. Still, of all the women in the world, to have this woman's hand in his made him indescribably happy.