Contentment Quotes

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....love and desire enjoy a symbiotic relationship, meaning that one cannot exist without the other. Desire is an enemy to contentment; desire is illness, a… — Lauren Oliver
Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough. — Walt Whitman
Satiety depends not at all on how much we eat, but on how we eat. It's the same with happiness, the very same...happiness doesn't depend… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Let me, if I may, be ever welcomed to my room in winter by a glowing hearth, in summer by a vase of flowers. If… — George MacDonald
For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous and that she should rest… — Iain Pears
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Daveâ€”… — Wendy Cope
It will be your duty, and it will be your pleasure too to estimate her (as you chose her) by the qualities that she has,… — Charles Dickens
It seemed a place where heroes could fitly feast after victory, where weary harvesters could line up in scores along the table and keep their… — Kenneth Grahame
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. — Ramana Maharshi
Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it. — John Eldredge
Our mission as humans is not only to discover our fullest selves in the technium, and to find full contentment, but to expand the possibilities… — Kevin Kelly
It was a life, she eventually concluded, that had been lived in the middle ground, where contentment and love were found in the smallest details… — Nicholas Sparks
Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children's approach to life. They're people who don't give a hang… — Walt Disney
Suffering, I was beginning to think, was essential to a good life, and as inextricable from such a life as bliss. Itâ€™s a great enhancer.… — Lance Armstrong
I've excluded happiness as one of those possibilities we seek for ourselves. Oh, I still want it, but that's beside the point. Contentment - they… — Jhonen Vasquez
We canâ€™t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. For maximum happiness, peace, and contentment, may we choose a positive attitude. — Thomas S. Monson
So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference. To do… — Thomas S. Monson
Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd. — Sinclair Lewis
After great pain, a formal feeling comes â€” The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs â€” The stiff Heart questions was it He, that bore, And… — Emily Dickinson
A cat knows how to be comfortable, how to get the people around it to serve it. In a tranquil domestic situation, the cat is… — Roger Caras

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