822 Quotes About Contentment

Sage.” He laughed. “I’m into anything, so long as you’re with me.

...I hear the sounds of melting snow outside my window every night and with the first faint scent of spring, I remember life exists...

Part of the trick of being happy is a refusal to allow oneself to become too nostalgic for the heady triumphs of one's youth.

I love everything that makes up a milieu, the rolling of the carriages and the noise of the workmen in Paris, the cries of a thousand birds in the country, the movement of the ships on the waters. I love also absolute, profound silence, and, in short, I love everything that is around me, no matter where I am.

Wanting less is probably a better blessing than having more.

The tourists always seem to want something. On Thisby, it's less about wanting, and more about being." I wonder after I say it if he'll think I sound like have no drive or ambition.

Happy the man, whose wish and careA few paternal acres bound,Content to breathe his native airIn his own ground.

We all have a suspicion and hope that we've just been part of something special, something that may eventually change our lives. That no one else knows this makes it seem like we are living with a secret that we would like to share, but can't, sort of like having a superpower that's not come online or being president elect. For the moment, our lives proceed as usual, but within a month, we think, everything will change. It's a frustrating, if exciting, disconnect.

Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else.