Quotes About Contentment

El truco está en entregarse por completo, vivir el momento y, cuando haya pasado, no tener de qué arrepentirse ni volver la vista atrás. Ser

Suffering is the pain of constraints. An atom of pure delight, no matter how small, can hold it at bay.

Do not seek what you do not wish to find.

On future tellers: I rather live the present than know the future.

People are so preoccupied with the pursuit of happiness that they ignore their little everyday blessings.

happiness is an exclusive quality of the soul. Thus, a body  that  attains  all  the  material  successes  it  longs  for—money,  power,  fame, etc.—often belongs to an unhappy person. Happiness depends totally on the degree of growth and development attained by the soul, the real person. The

The best "Puja", the best form of worship is to be happy, to be grateful.

I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure. And that is why we find ourselves emptied of meaning with our pantries still full.

Nothing to be proud of, nothing to regret.

To seek perfection is to be cursed to find fault in the perfectly adequate, enjoyable, or even just plain good.

Singleness can be a wonderful furnace.

See that big white house with the wide front porch?" he asked. "That's our home and we love it. We sit out on the porch in the evenings and watch the sunset and look down on our place here. It's peaceful. We don't need any more problems. We are in a position to enjoy life now, and that's just what we intend to do." His

There are things money can't buy and hard work can't win. One of them is happiness.

La mejor ventaja en esta vida, añadí, es tener la conciencia bien tranquila.

Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.

Late Fragment And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.

Don't complain, don't explain.

Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read. Fought against it for a minute. Then looked out the window at the rain. And gave over. Put myself entirely in the keep of this rainy morning. Would I live my life over again? Make the same unforgivable mistakes? Yes, given half a chance. Yes. - Rain

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

My life is the story of a man who always wants to carry too much. My spiritual quest is the painful process of learning to let go of things not essential.

the purpose of so much of her life, she had won she had won. Smiling, she closed her eyes and drifted towards death.

My goals have changed throughout my life. At one time it was winning awards, selling out concert dates, selling more albums than anyone else. Now, my goals are to see my grandchildren grown, live a long and healthy life with my family and friends and travel the world.

The older I get, the less busy I like to be.

I don't think of myself as busy because I don't even have to get dressed most days.