Quotes About Contentment

Everything tell me that I need to live a more solitary life. The loveliest and most precious moments of my life are slipping away in amusements which, in truth, bring me nothing but boredom. (Sunday 4 April 1824).

Everything tells me that I need to live a more solitary life. The loveliest and most precious moments of my life are slipping away in amusements which, in truth, bring me nothing but boredom. (Sunday 4 April 1824)

Boredom flourishes too, when you feel safe. It's a symptom of security.

At day's end I'm ready for sound sleep, For you, GOD, have put my life back together.

So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.

Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

But having gotten what we had always wanted, we find we have not gotten what we wanted at all. We are less fulfilled than ever

35-38 Jesus said, "I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever

happy, or how to be happy. He simply and unmistakably is happy. None of his circumstances contribute to his joy: He wrote from a jail cell, his work was under attack by competitors, and after twenty years or so of hard traveling in the service of Jesus, he was tired and would have welcomed some relief.

But if you're content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself.

Full of hope, you'll relax, confident again; you'll look around, sit back, and take it easy.

no matter if we come home with the Olympic gold or make a million dollars or pioneer the exploration of space or move the world with some artistic performance or discover the cure to cancer—if we do not love, it is not satisfactory. No matter if we are responsible and work hard and do our jobs well and stay out of trouble and are respected, if we do not love, then somehow we have failed. If we live but do not love, we miss it.

30.7-9] And then he prayed, "God, I'm asking for two things before I die; don't refuse me—Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little. If I'm too full, I might get independent, saying, 'God? Who needs him?' If I'm poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God.

You're blessed when you're content with just who you are—no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought.

What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself? What could you ever trade your soul for?

When you grab all you can get, that's what happens: the more you get, the less you are.

Curiosity killed the cat, and satisfaction brought it back.

It's a great game - the pursuit of happiness.

One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

How are things going?" "Oh, I can't complain…" The greatest complaint of all.

Afraid to be content. Content to be sad.

Afraid to be happy. Content to be sad.

The only thing more terrifying than the person who has nothing is the person who has everything. Things can only get worse for them. The more you have, the more you have to lose. And in the end everything must be lost. Is it better to not want anything at all? Maybe, but what about the rest of us, who have some things, which we judiciously manage, like archivists?