Quotes About Contentment

Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.

Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

There is a kind of serenity in love which is almost a paradise.

I love myself so much, I simply cannot describe it.

Take all away. I am content to know Such love is mine-for life is all too brief To grieve for pleasures bringing only grief; Give me but You; it is enough just so.

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?

Those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.

Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.

That to me is happiness when I feel like I am loved and I have a place to love deeply. That to me is happiness.

Look to what you have around you and be grateful, instead of searching for more. All you take with you when you leave this world is love, friendship, and good deeds.

Love yourself just as you are.

If you have your health, if you have people in your life to love, you are blessed. Slow down and enjoy the simple things in life.

When you spend your life doing what you love to do, you are nourishing your Soul. It matters not what you do, only that you love whatever you happen to do.

I love being at home and cooking and baking.

Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.

I keep to myself, but I love life.

In friendship, as in love, we are often happier through our ignorance than our knowledge.

And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.

Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world.

People are always setting conditions for happiness... I love life without condition.

I think old age is in each one's head; so if you're happy doing what you love, you're going to be young.

The heart of the path is quite easy. There's no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That's all that I do in my own practice.

In their presence, there's no need for continuous conversation, but you find you're quite content in just having them nearby.