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title: "12 True Contentment Quotes by 12 authors"
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> [If you can find true contentment, it will last forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/if-you-can-find-true-contentment-it-will-last-forever/)

[Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/)

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> [True contentment comes with empathy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-finn/true-contentment-comes-with-empathy/)

[Tim Finn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-finn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/tim-finn-29033_contentment_true-contentment-comes-with-empathy-2474_2474463.jpg)

> [“Fully experiencing the connection that exists between us all is the secret to true contentment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-boylan/fully-experiencing-the-connection-that-exists-between-us-all-is-the/)

[Simon Boylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-boylan/)

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> [True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/true-contentment-depends-not-upon-what-we-have-a-tub-was-large-enough/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [True contentment is not having everything, but in being satisfied with everything you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/true-contentment-is-not-having-everything-but-in-being-satisfied-with/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/oscar-wilde-16_contentment_true-contentment-is-not-having-everythin_2714540.jpg)

> [“She'd never known true contentment before now. She had waited her whole life for someone to set her free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendall-grey/she-d-never-known-true-contentment-before-now-she-had-waited-her/)

[Kendall Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kendall-grey/)

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> [Give love ~ receive love~ be love~ embrace love and you will find true contentment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-brown/give-love-receive-love-be-love-embrace-love-and-you-will-find-true/)

[Sam Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-brown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/sam-brown-65569_happiness_give-love-receive-love-be-love-embrace-l_2064982.jpg)

> [True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/true-contentment-is-a-thing-as-active-as-agriculture-it-is-the-power/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56f/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_active_true-contentment-is-a-thing-as-active-as_710140.png)

> [True contentment comes from our Lord alone.We must ask Him to flood us with His presence and strengthen us with His love,so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/true-contentment-comes-from-our-lord-alone-we-must-ask-him-to-flood/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/763/anonymous-1_contentment_true-contentment-comes-from-our-lord-alo_3081378.jpg)

> [“I want true love in this life, and true contentment and peace. But maybe the only way I can find those things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kim/i-want-true-love-in-this-life-and-true-contentment-and-peace-but/)

[Elizabeth Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/elizabeth-kim-52513_acceptance-self-love_i-want-true-love-in-this-life-and-true-c_284438.png)

> [We find that the more a cultivated reason devotes itself to the aim of enjoying life and happiness, the further does man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/we-find-that-the-more-a-cultivated-reason-devotes-itself-to-the-aim/)

[Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/immanuel-kant-532_aim_we-find-that-the-more-a-cultivated-reaso_864083.jpg)

> [Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other; and he that knows how to accommodate himself to their periodical returns,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-sterne/pain-and-pleasure-like-light-and-darkness-succeed-each-other-and-he-2/)

[Laurence Sterne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-sterne/)

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