Quotes About Contentment

This moment is complete unto itself. There's nothing lacking in this moment

Henry Ford, after he made his first billion dollars, was asked how much more he wanted. He said he wanted just a little more.

You actually can be too rich or too thin

There are few takers for the quiet heart.

Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.

His view of the world is one that keeps his blood pressure low, sweeping the cholesterol from his relaxed, freeway-sized arteries. Everyone knows he is going to live till age ninety, although the question that goes begging is, "for what?

Los gusanos nunca están satisfechos, no importa la cantidad de comida que les des»

These experiences were profound Ã¢â'¬â€ people were radically different on the other side. Happier, more content, significantly more fulfilled.

Was there then something wrong with him, that he couldn't just rest content? Must he always be dreaming up improvements? And it seemed to Martin that if only he could imagine something else, something great, something greater, something as great as the whole world, then he might rest awhile.

No andéis preocupados por vuestra vida, qué comeréis, ni por vuestro cuerpo, con qué os vestiréis…».

The results suggest that many of the things that make people happy also make their lives meaningful, such as being connected to others, feeling productive, and not being alone or bored.

people are happy when they feel better off than their neighbors, unhappy when they feel worse off.

the theory of the hedonic treadmill

that children or adults possess any general aversion to inequality." People are content with economic inequality as long as they feel that the country is meritocratic, and they get angry when they feel it isn't.

There's a huge difference between being in love and being in love with the thought of love. Recognize the difference. Never settle.

I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.

I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about.

Life I love you, all is groovy.

I can't really explain what it's like to be in love, but I feel like it's being comfortable. It's almost like having a best friend. It's a beautiful thing.

By pursuing the things you love, all the other things in life will fall into order.

In everything, love simplicity.

It irritates the hell out of me but you can't buy love.

Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.

Only love has the ability to put you in that state of bliss