The world is always greater than your desires; plenty is never enough. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
All that we are looking for in life - all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind - is right here in… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“If you are ready to accept things as they are, you will receive them as old friends, even though you appreciate them… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Want is always hungry and searching whereas contentment is steady, calm and receiving.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
True happiness resides in not getting what you desire...but desiring what you get. — Charlie Peters Copy Share Image
“They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves with contentment.” — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
“Some men fish all their lives without knowing it is not really the fish they are after.” — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Well, aren't you just saying it's better to be neurotic, sensitive, and miserable than unimaginative, adjusted and content? Is it really better?” — Malcolm Bradbury Copy Share Image
And without Dex in my life, I like to think I could have somehow found contentment. But the truth is, I feel… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from… — Plato Copy Share Image
Mothers are the place that we call home. On them we rest our heads and close our eyes. There's no one else… — Nick Gordon Copy Share Image
Love can have the quality of the devil - that's how it is there in the world, ninety-nine percent. Love can have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San… — Joe DiMaggio Copy Share Image
We have to cultivate contentment with what we have. We really don't need much. When you know this, the mind settles down.… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
There is an unmistakable freedom that accompanies contentment: a freedom to be who you are, enjoy who you are, and live the… — Josh Becker Copy Share Image
I had been reading a lot of J.G. Ballard in the 90's and was fascinated by the idea of the vapid consumer… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . . . . Four years have already past… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
“Some don’t want to be happy, inasmuch as they undergo happiness merely as languor and yawning. They are dissatisfied with a bland… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
When you're experiencing peace, it's coming from within you; you're 'doing' peace and this is true of anything else you might be… — Cheri Huber Copy Share Image
“What I see especially among the Navajos and the Zunis and the Hopis is a culture of people who have been smart… — Rachel Dickinson Copy Share Image
So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
There are only two emotions: love and fear. All positive emotions come from love, all negative emotions from fear. From love flows… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He had grown fat on solitude, he thought, and had learned to expect nothing from the day but at best a dull… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
When the act of pursuit is complete, pleasure shows it's untamed power. — Denise Clark Copy Share Image
The top of the band would be happiness, contentment and peace of mind. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
