Quotes by Contentment Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure. True happiness exists as the spacious and compassionate heart's willingness to feel whatever is present. Noah Levine contentmentacceptanceheart Ask often, be content of little, reward always. Nuno Oliveira horseoften-iscontentment Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails. Oliver Goldsmith contentmentfailurelong I can't define "God," so to be open to the mystical and mystery of God is a natural part of myself. So people criticize me for not being what they are, and I say, it's working for me and has worked for me and continues to work for me, in a way that fills me with a sense of peace and contentment about what God means to me. Oprah Winfrey contentmentmeanpeople True contentment is not having everything, but in being satisfied with everything you have. Oscar Wilde satisfiedcontentment The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven't a chance of getting. P. D. James contentmentsecretwant May you live unenvied, and pass many pleasant years unknown to fame; and also have congenial friends. Ovid contentmentmayyears Contentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord. Paul Henderson achievementcontentmentdoe Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness. Pearl S. Buck contentmentjoypeople The highest point outward things can bring unto, is the contentment of the mind; with which no estate can be poor, without which all estates will be miserable. Philip Sidney miserablecontentmentmind They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment. Pietro Aretino meritcontentmentsuffering A contented mind is the best source for trouble. Plautus contentmenttroublemind Keep what you have got; the known evil is best. Plautus knowncontentmentevil If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably. Plautus contentmentifsenough Learn to be pleased with everything, with wealth so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied. Plutarch obscuritycontentmentbalance Contentment is the equilibrium between the enjoyment of life now and the anticipation of what is to come. Priscilla Shirer equilibriumcontentmentanticipation Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance. Plato foundationcontentmentself Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Whatever the vexations or concerns of their personal lives, their thoughts can find paths that lead to inner contentment and to renewed excitement in living. Rachel Carson contentmentnatureearth Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. Ramana Maharshi contentmentmindfulnessdesire As meditation goes deep you will feel less and less desires, more and more contentment with whatsoever you have. There will be less and less desire for that which you don't have, and more and more contentment with whatsoever you have. As meditation goes deeper, a very contented consciousness evolves. Ultimately there is no desire, only contentment. Rajneesh contentmentmeditationdesire«89101112131415161718»
