All Quotes By Tag: Contentment

“Civilization is not the one that has an abundance of material objects to incessantly crave for, rather true civilization is the one that has an abundance of contentment regardless of material possession.”

“Money isn’t everything. The same is true of the lack of it.”

“I do not like the idea of happiness — it is too momentary.”

“The more we veer away from our true nature, the more unhappy we feel. When we align with our better self, we feel happy and content again.”

“Peace; how unassuming you are. Yet, you are king of all the feelings.”

“I just have this feeling,’ he said, ‘that life really isn’t so complicated. We only make it that way through fear and worry. When your soul is quiet and steady, like ours is right now, Vixie, you’ll find there, truly, is so much to smile about.”

“The freedom to dissociate from people, ideas and ways of life you’re not compatible with is one to cherish. That simple choice to walk away empowers the free being to pursue contentment.”

“If happiness is a hardwired obsession in our brains, one should first and foremost learn to foster an upright quest for unvarnished wellbeing and above all not give in to vain temptations of displaying counterfeit contentment and fake smiling. (Digging for white gold »)”

“He brewed his tea in a blue china pot, poured it into a chipped white cup with forget-me-nots on the handle, and dropped in a dollop of honey and cream. He sat by the window, cup in hand, watching the first snow fall. “I am,” he sighed deeply, “contented as a clam. I am a most happy man.”

“The search for contentment is, therefore, not merely a self-preserving and self-benefiting act, but also a generous gift to the world. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else. Only then are you free to serve and enjoy other people.”

“One honest John Tompkins, a hedger & ditcher, Although he was poor, did not want to be richer;For all such vain wishes in him were preventedBy a fortunate habit of being contented.”

“Happiness is wanting what you have.”

“Be like the flower, content with its nature.”

“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.”

“I’m not “happy” but I’m not unhappy about it.”