Quotes About Contentment

Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.

Toda la infelicidad humana tiene un mismo origen: no saber estar tranquilamente sin hacer nada en una habitación.

Um cínico disse uma vez a G.K. Chesterton, o romancista e ensaísta britânico: "Abençoado seja aquele que nada espera, pois não ficará decepcionado." A réplica de Chesterton? "Abençoado seja aquele que nada espera, pois se deliciará com tudo.

Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." Chesterton's rejoinder? "Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything.

The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts. —Marcus Aurelius

The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.

All of human unhappiness comes from one single thing: not knowing how to remain at rest in a room. —Blaise Pascal

Benditos sean los que no esperan nada, porque disfrutarán de todo».

It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, 'till he returns to them again.

Are you selling something?" "Only happiness.

Enemies come soon enough in a mans life,' he told me, 'you don't need to seek them out

Do you really think men and women thanked you for bringing them peace? They just became bored with your peace and so brewed their own trouble to fill the boredom. Men don't want peace, Arthur, they want distraction from tedium

In breve, eravamo soddisfatti, e il destino è sempre stato nemico della soddisfazione. Il destino inoltre, come mi aveva sempre detto Merlino, è inesorabile.

He won't be happy," I said happily.

ground, then drank some and fancied it

Sometimes, when I tell folk my story, they ask why I did not run away from the pagans, why I did not escape southward into the lands where the Danes did not yet rule, but it never occurred to me to try. I was happy, I was alive, I was with Ragnar, and it was enough.

You know your trouble? You think too much. I've never known a happy man who thought too much. Thinking just complicates affairs. Life's like jumping a bad fence on a good horse, the more responsibility you leave to the horse the safer you'll be, and the more you leave to life the happier you are. Worrying

It is a book of truths, that money and power are not the right ambitions of a virtuous man, but that justice, charity, and humility will bring you contentment.

The country's got drunk on God since then, and it don't make for happiness

Lei si recava in biblioteca in media due volte a settimana, prendendo solo un libro o due per volta, perché ritornare a chiederne un altro era una delle sue poche gioie. Anche nei momenti in cui si sentiva più sola le piaceva trovarsi in mezzo ai libri, sebbene qualche volta fosse deprimente vedere il numero dei volumi che non aveva ancora letto.

Quando un uomo è onesto dorme tranquillo. E questo vale più di cinque centesimi rubati.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

In brief, I consider solitude so necessary to happiness

But when love already keeps you warm, then there's no need to look for pleasure anywhere else.