Contentment Quote by Anonymous

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.

— John Lubbock

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.

— Denis Waitley

Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

— Dalai Lama

There is a plain distinction to be made betwixt pleasure and happiness. For tho' there can be no happiness without pleasure--yet the converse of…

— Laurence Sterne

Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.

— Anonymous

“Contentment is the foundation of true Happiness. The Happiness that comes from fulfilling desires can never be permanent.-RVM”

— RVM

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

— Joseph Butler

Pleasure simply brings more craving, but the problem is that we try to get contentment through pleasure. True contentment can only come through service.

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

True happiness does not consist in the pleasures of this world, or in earthly things, but in peace of conscience, which we only have…

— Anonymous

“Pleasure is a false god. Research shows that people who focus their energy on superficial pleasures end up more anxious, more emotionally unstable, and…

— Mark Manson

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very much about our own pleasures. We can only have…

— George Eliot

Contentment is the main attitude for happiness.

— Anonymous