Quotes about Contentment

Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.

Life is short. The sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth the better.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars ... or your two legs ... or your hands ... or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find that you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself.

But let a perpetual smile of peace and satisfaction On your lips Be a symbol of the decision To think happiness (equanimity) Since everything that happens Happens in your head

In fact I realized I had no guts anyway, which I've long known. but I have joy.

Two people happy with themselves can be exceptionally happy together.

Some people spend their lives building ultimate dream homes so they can enjoy their twilight years... Others spend their last days in nursing homes.

I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy.

Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.

A daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow's supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn.

If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no poor.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.