Why is it, I wonder, that people suffer, when there is so little need, when an effort of will and some hard… — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image
If belief in the existence of God is predicted to lead to a feeling of contentment, and the prediction is fulfilled, does… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
The intellect of most persons is harnessed by innumerable wants. Such a life is, from the spiritual point of view the lowest… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
A prominent judge was asked what we, as citizens of the countries of the world, could do to reduce crime and disobedience… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“At all times, in all circumstances, Christ is able and willing to provide the strength we need to be content. Contentment occurs… — Linda Dillow Copy Share Image
In a lifestyle where there are no boundaries, it becomes a challenge to find one's true self. If everything comes easily, there… — Tami Hoag Copy Share Image
Contentment produces, in some measure, all those effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone; and if… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“It’s not how much material things you have hoarded that will make you happy but how satisfied you are with what you… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I had no fear of the stream's perils, and I listened with the greatest contentment to the quiet slap of water on… — Clare B. Dunkle Copy Share Image
“Lord, I trusted You and found You trustworthy. I now know that when You ask me to wait it’s because You’re making… — Susie Larson Copy Share Image
Egolessness is contentment. Egoless, you don't expect anything, and just a small child smiles at you, but it is so beautiful. What… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“...I should always find, the calamities of life were shared among the upper and lower part of mankind; but that middle station… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
Fertility says, "Can you relax and just let things happen?" I ask, does she mean, like disasters, like pain, like misery? Can… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The false fronts, the tear-filled raspy whispers in my head reminding me that someday it will get better, and all of the… — SweetMisery Copy Share Image
For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I think service to others is the real key to winning our own personal freedom and the road to our own happiness,… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
We walk through a thousand steps just to achieve what we want the most in life but being contented of what we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My dad’s contentment is all that matters to me. When he’s laughing, I’m laughing. When he’s happy, I’m happy. I would give… — Rebecah McManus Copy Share Image
Contentment is the greatest door that one enters to Allah, it is the source of tranquility for the worshiper and paradise on… — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
The Gospel offends the sinner and seeks to break the sinner's comfort and contentment by bringing him into stark realization of the… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
“So much of me longs to run after him and cry, 'Yes, yes, yes!' A few hours ago, when I wrote I… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“Was it possible to do both, to contribute to the world while merely observing it? To be content in the moment, but… — Holly Robinson Copy Share Image
“She pictured a dandelion gone by, the white, almost airless pieces of her family scattered so far. The key to contentment was… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
True intimacy is the experience of real acceptance and authentic vulnerability without feeling the need to apologize or fear rejection. The freedom… — Jordan Blake Michiels Copy Share Image
It is not the nature of man, as I see it, ever to be quite satisfied with what he has in life…… — Frances Perkins Copy Share Image
“A weird sort of contentment in those days. No appointments, no invitations for dinner, no program, no dough. The golden period, when… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
My demon is hating to have to do a regular day job. Being up on stage really helps me forget I have… — Steve "Lips" Kudlow Copy Share Image
We take it for granted that life is hard and feel lucky to have whatever happiness we get. We do not look… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
You probably woke up with a few aches and pains this morning, but you woke up. You've seen better days, but you've… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Now I find that in a state of pure obedience the mind learns contentment in appearing weak and foolish to that wisdom… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
Too many times in our lives we get too concerned with the things that we don't have to appreciate, the things in… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
The happiness state, when examined more closely, turns out not to be a point but a range, with contentment at the bottom… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“If happiness is determined by expectations, then two pillars of our society – mass media and the advertising industry – may unwittingly… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet… — Horace Copy Share Image
Cleanses and products don't make you look more beautiful. They certainly help, but if you reach contentment, you're set. My makeup artist,… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
LIFE IS NOT ABOUT having all you want; it's about appreciating all that you HAVE! To FAIL Means you've TRIED. To HURT… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Yogic path is about disentangling the built-in glitches of the human condition, which I'm going to over-simply define here as the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image