Quotes by Contentment The cure for the sin of envy and jealousy is to find our contentment in God Jerry Bridges envycontentmentsin He found himself in habiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment. Jess Walter boredomcontentmentpeople I've excluded happiness as one of those possibilities we seek for ourselves. Oh, I still want it, but that's beside the point. Contentment - they say it's the ultimate, but I can't even wish for that. I don't even want the desire to be content. I can only hope for silence. Jhonen Vasquez contentmentsilencewish Contentment is never the outcome of fulfillment, of achievement, or of the possession of things; it is not born of action or inaction. It comes with the fullness of what is, not in the alteration of it. Jiddu Krishnamurti achievementcontentmentoutcomes Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth. Jiddu Krishnamurti decaycontentmentgrowth That happy state of mind, so rarely possessed, in which we can say, "I have enough," is the highest attainment of philosophy. Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann contentmentmindphilosophy What is important in life is life, and not the result of life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe contentmentimportantlife Contentment is a pearl of great price John Balguy contentmentpearls I am content with what I have, little be it, or much. John Bunyan contentmentlittles Contentment gives a crown, where fortune hath denied it. John Ford crownscontentmentgiving Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it. John Eldredge contentmentdesirerunning What happiness the rural maid attends, In cheerful labour while each day she spends! She gratefully receives what Heav'n has sent, And, rich in poverty, enjoys content. John Gay cheerfulcontentmenteach-day We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection--which we have ourselves created. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe contentmentqualityperfection Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man. John Fowles contentmentmenlife Law and justice are from time to time inevitably in conflict ... . The jury ... adjusts the general rule of law to the justice to the particular case. Thus the odium of inflexible rules of law is avoided, and popular satisfaction is preserved ... That is what jury trial does. It supplies that flexibility of legal rules which is essential to justice and popular contentment. John Henry Wigmore contentmentlawjustice All things on earth thus change, some up, some down; John Heywood crownscontentmentearth All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are commonly called, but with the best things of this world-not with money and titles, horses and carriages, but with bright and happy thoughts, contentment and peace of mind. John Lubbock horsecontentmentmind The present age of contentment will come to an end only when and if the adverse developments that it fosters challenge the sense of comfortable well-being John Kenneth Galbraith contentmentagechallenges You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God. John Ortberg contentmenteverydayjoy Comparison is the death of true self-contentment. John Powell true-selfcontentmentself«4567891011121314»
