Quotes About Contentment

Take only what you need, not what you want.

I knew I was Little Tree, and I was happy that they loved me and wanted me. And so I slept, and I did not cry.

There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.

Happiness is a lot more frightening than depression.

Les plus belles fêtes sont celles qui ont lieu à l'intérieur de nous.

Dragostea e problema oamenilor care n-au probleme...

Neviens rekl?mas p?rst?vis nev?las j?su laimi, jo laim?gi cilv?ki nav pat?r?t?ji.

Tôi yêu n?i b?t h?nh c?a tôi; nó ??ng hành v?i tôi. ?ôi lúc, khi nh?t th?i th?y h?nh ph?c, tôi c?m th?y th? gì ?ó nh? th? s? thi?u v?ng n?i ?au. Ta luôn nhanh chóng tr? nên nghi?n ng?p n?i u s?u c?a chính mình.

Kad stariš, nisi sretniji, samo niže postavljaš letvicu.

ça ressemble au bonheur, on dirait du bonheur, mais ce n'est pas du bonheur. On devrait être heureux, on ne l'est pas; alors on fait semblant.

No se puede desear lo que se tiene, es antinatural.

One can't have everything in this world; be content with the greatest of joys: health.

Il ne songeait pas à prolonger son bonheur jusqu'aux confins de cette nuit pesante. Toutes les étoiles ne lui eussent servi de rien, ni l'odeur des acacias. La nuit d'été battait en vain ce jeune mâle bien armé, sûr de sa force, à cette minute, sûr de son corps, indifférent à ce que le corps ne peut pas posséder.

Cuán extraño es que en esos principios de la vida donde se nos concede un poco de felicidad, ninguna voz nos advierta: «Por muchos años que vivas, no tendrás otra alegría en el mundo que la de aquellas horas. Saboréalas hasta las heces, porque después de esto no quedará nada para ti. Esta primera fuente que has hallado es también la última. Calma tu sed de una vez para siempre; no beberás nunca más»!

Three films a day, three books a week and records of great music would be enough to make me happy to the day I die.

Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.

Regarde les lions: ils chassent quand ils ont faim, bon, mais le reste du temps ils dorment, ils bâillent, ils regardent les couchers de soleil et les cameramen du National Geographic, et ils n'ont pas l'air de s'ennuyer.

Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story.

Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.

Happiness often comes when least expected.

Lesson no. 5: Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story

Many people think that happiness comes from having more power or more money.

Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you that it isn't, that joy is a fleeting emotion, a moment of happiness, which is always welcome, mind you. And then what about pleasure, huh? Oh, yes, that's easy, everybody knows what that is, but there again it doesn't last. But is happiness not the sum total of lots of small joys and pleasures, huh?

Lesson no. 20: Happiness is a certain way of seeing things.