822 Quotes About Contentment

The more we veer away from our true nature, the more unhappy we feel. When we align with our better self, we feel happy and content again.

Wise men count backward toward zero. They know that's where contentment lies.

You don’t need much to give. Give what you have.

If you have life, you have everything.

People are complaining of having rags and not riches, but I find it a blessing just to have rags, to wipe away the dirt and dust that may come in the course of life.

I admire a contented mind. I revere enjoyment of the simple things. I can imagine that contentment has a high degree of truth. But the human tendency is to take good as normal, and one's natural right, and so no cause for satisfaction and pleasure. This is accompanied by the habit of regarding bad as abnormal and a personal outrage.

A step towards contentment is a mile towards peace.

Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.

Peace in the world begins with peace in your soul.