We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Give me a bottle of hard cider, a bowl of Peterson Irish Oak in my Neerup pipe, and please, above all, give… — Nicholas Trandahl Copy Share Image
“Contentment is an asset that we take for granted until we lose it. It's the brother of happiness, the sister of peace… — Joan Marques Copy Share Image
“What should one discover from all the miseries? He should discover eternal happiness. One has enjoyed this (worldly) happiness a lot. He… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm alone in this: I'm obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition… — Mitski Copy Share Image
Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment,… — George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne Copy Share Image
Passion is overcome only by him who has won through stillness of spirit the perfect vision; it comes through the contentment that… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
“She gets that. So she lies down on her side of Innon, and Alabaster lies down on his side, and they relax… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
Contentment, then, is the product of a heart resting in God. It is the soul’s enjoyment of that peace that passes all… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
“Nothing better between five and seven than to be pushed around in that throng, to follow a leg or a beautiful bust,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“But this is my contentment, that I've lost what I never needed and what I need I can never lose: these two… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
Positive emotion can be about the past, the present, or the future. The positive emotions about the future include optimism, hope, faith,… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
To live life with contentment is your choice as contentment is the greatest wealth. For greatest contentment, don't wait for things to… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
The true bounds and limitations, whereby human knowledge is confined and circumscribed,... are three: the first, that we do not so place… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I hope you find true meaning, contentment, and passion in your life. I hope you navigate the difficult times and come out… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
When [the saints] perform actions to God, then the soul says: 'Oh! that I could do what pleases God!' When they come… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
The Truth is that contentment is not found in having everything we think we want but in choosing to be satisfied with… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
In my own personal life, it's been pretty hard navigating love, and so I've found this kind of contentment in loving myself… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
My writer friends, and they are legion, do not go around beaming with quiet feelings of contentment. Most of them go around… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Oh the joy of an idée fixe! The contentment of a life taken up some ideal, any ideal! A gentle trap to… — Georges Rodenbach Copy Share Image
My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrum—what I called emotional sea level—is not happiness but rather contentment… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
May you live unenvied, and pass many pleasant years unknown to fame; and also have congenial friends. [Lat., Vive sine invidia, mollesque… — Ovid Copy Share Image
The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small pleasures,… — Richard Sharp Copy Share Image
Digital piracy needs to be addressed. Without content protection, investment in content can't be supported. We need secure distribution. If you (telecommunications… — Bob Iger Copy Share Image
“That very breath wherewith they utter their complaints is a blessing and a fundamental one too for if God would withdraw that… — Richard Allestree Copy Share Image
It seems that everyone has their own inexplicable fear to have nightmares about. We need nightmares to keep ourselves entertained, and fend… — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
“There was a man with tongue of wood who essayed to sing, and in truth it was lamentable; but there was one… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
“It is left to each of us to balance contentment regarding what God has allotted to us in life with some divine… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Great leaders understand that historical success tends to produce stable and inwardly focused organizations, and these outfits, in turn, reinforce a feeling… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
“Yet mark his perfect self-contentment, and hence learn his lesson, that to be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that… — Edwin Abbott Abbott Copy Share Image
“There is a distinct feeling of contentment that engulfs your entire being after a day well lived, a battle well fought, and… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“Dreams aren't only an illusion to put you into a subconsciously pleasurable state of mind for the time being, but also a… — Mehek Bassi Copy Share Image
Since pure awareness of nowness is real Enlightenment, in openness and contentment I found the Truth in my heart. By simply relaxing… — Jigdral Yeshe Dorje Copy Share Image
“The people you will love in your lifetime will give you certain things, different things. And those different things will shape you,… — Lee Fullbright Copy Share Image
As long as we think our lives are not good enough (materially), we will not have happiness. As soon as we realize… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come--as though that time… — Thomas Fuller Copy Share Image
The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich genius are: contentment of mind, the cherishing… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
“A bird doesn’t attempt to swim, and a cat doesn’t attempt to fly. Yet both are completely content. Their dharma is anchored… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
She was moved by a kind of commiseration... a pity for that colorless existence which never uplifted its possessor beyond the region… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
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