Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“In our need to be somebody, we often forget that we are somebody.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“Why should we plant, when there are so many mongongo nuts in the world?” — Anonymous Bushman Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not a doctrine of contentment. Not a doctrine for the satisfied and the smug. It's a politics that's at war… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily. — Lucille Ball Copy Share Image
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Faith on a full stomach may be simply contentment but if you have it when you're hungry, it's genuine. — Frank A. Clark Copy Share Image
Sometimes we think so much about what we want, and we forget to appreciate what we have. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Contentment and happiness! Do everything happily. Walk, talk, sit happily; even if you complain against somebody, do it happily. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
“Humility is patient because it is neither past nor forward seeking — it is content.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
It's not what you don't have or what you loss, but more of understanding through growth to appreciate true gifts you do… — Gee Linder Copy Share Image
The men of the clique live together because they have the same kind of soul, and their narrowness is a narrowness of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Reconsidering Happiness captures all the contradictory impulses of falling in and out of love-the lust and wanderlust, the contentment and restlessness, the… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
Contentment preserves one from catching cold. Has a woman who knew that she was well dressed ever caught a cold? No, not… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I met many kind of people in my life,but the richest people is not the happiest people and the happiest people is… — Mariane Corbito Copy Share Image
Happiness is not synonymous with pleasure. It is, instead, a deeper emotion that originates from within. . . . Happiness results from… — David Shi Copy Share Image
A meaningful life is not being rich, being popular, being highly educated, or being perfect...It is about being real, being humble, being… — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
You're all so obsessed with other worlds, you're so convinced that this one is crap and everywhere else is great, but you've… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Suggestion is generally better than Definition. There is a seeming dogmatism about Definition that is often repellent, while Suggestion, on the contrary,… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
According to my observations, mankind are among the most easily tamable and domesticable of all creatures in the animal world. They are… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
“You can’t really be happy in those moments, but you can be content.” I look up at him and see understanding in… — M.E. Carter Copy Share Image
“...nothing is more blissful than to occupy the heights effectively fortified by the teaching of the wise, tranquil sanctuaries from which you… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“The wonderment found in the act of obedience is in the transformation power it holds. We become new creations the minute we… — Cheryl Zelenka Copy Share Image
“Whenever the sadness got too much, I would hire a rickshaw and go to the Upper Bazaar. Those little rickshaw trips to… — Kunal Sen Copy Share Image
I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“Her tomorrows belonged to God. She had given them to Him. And because all her tomorrows were nestled in God’s strong arms,… — Linda Dillow Copy Share Image
Sometimes When You Hold Out Of Everything, You Walk Away With Nothing... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
The world is always greater than your desires; plenty is never enough. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
