Quotes by Contentment Contentment empties the heart of all superfluous carriage, thus leaving it entirely for Allah. Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni contentment leaving heart I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does. Abbas Kiarostami contentment doe giving There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility. Abu Bakr contentment greatness humility Lack of wealth cannot take away genuine contentment. Adrian Rogers genuine wealth contentment Be satisfied with what you have. Aesop satisfied contentment Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness. Aesop elements contentment Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice. Alain de Botton violin contentment practice Pegging your contentment to the overall state of the world rather than of your own life: the basis of morality, or a sort of madness? Alain de Botton morality contentment world I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances. I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think myself so. Alain-Rene Lesage contentment easy thinking Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side. Alain-Rene Lesage contentment sides rivers I'm not "happy" but I'm not unhappy about it. Alan Bennett not-happy contentment unhappy For unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax. There is no point whatever in making plans for a future which you will never be able to enjoy. When your plans mature, you will still be living for some other future beyond. You will never, never be able to sit back with full contentment and say, "Now, I've arrived!" Your entire education has deprived you of this capacity because it was preparing you for the future, instead of showing you how to be alive now. Alan Watts contentment able alive The world is always greater than your desires; plenty is never enough. Aleksandar Hemon contentment desire world Satiety depends not at all on how much we eat, but on how we eat. It's the same with happiness, the very same...happiness doesn't depend on how many external blessings we have snatched from life. It depends only on our attitude toward them. There's a saying about it in the Taoist ethic: 'Whoever is capable of contentment will always be satisfied. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn contentment blessing attitude Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Alexander Pope contentment passion fame Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Alexander Pope contentment action ease Contentment is the only real wealth. Alfred Nobel wealth contentment real Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted Ali ibn Abi Talib exhausted contentment insightful I don't look for bliss, just contentment. Alison Krauss bliss contentment looks If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content with what we have (Hebrews 13:5). Much of our discontentment may be traced to expectations that are essentially selfish and more often than not completely unrealistic. Alistair Begg selfish contentment expectations 1234567891011»