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Mehak, I know of a place where the king is great and in his reign the peasant is happy, the treasury full, the army satisfied and the poor content. There is such peace and plenty in that place, when you visit the people in their homes, the decorated doorways arch around you like a beautiful embrace. There are no doors at the entrances of the homes of these welcoming people, Mehak, my dearest! Every day there feels like a day of festival. And, day or night, wayfarers clink their gold playfully in their hands as they walk, be it over the plains or through woods. We can rule that kingdom, if you come with me. The only thing that is different there is the currency of the land. It is not gold. It is flowers.

Money brings courage with it but lock contentment behind.

Money isn’t everything. The same is true of the lack of it.

Money isn’t everything.

Most beautiful of all was the tarnished gold of the elms, with a little brown in it, a little bronze, a little blue, even-- a blue like amethyst, which made them melt into the azure haze with a kind of happiness, a harmony of mood that filled the air with content.

Most people are like all stomachs: they cannot remain satisfied for a long time.

My dad’s contentment is all that matters to me. When he’s laughing, I’m laughing. When he’s happy, I’m happy. I would give up my soul for him. To me, nothing else but his happiness matters.

My goal in life is to be content. By that I don't mean "fine" or "basically satisfied." I don't mean settling. I mean, for last of better terms, feeling like I'm in the right life.

My modus operandi is that I'll be content with anything, as long as I know that it's the best that's possible.

Never envy others. Be happy and love your work.

Never allow your possessions to possess you.

Never be content with your work, your relationships, your life. That's the stupid advice philosophers give today.

Never be content with your work, even if you are good at what you do, look at tightrope walkers – they don't stay in one place for a long time, they keep moving because no matter how confident they are about the efforts and skill set, a strong wind factor can hinder all the efforts. Improve & improvise because this time it was the wind, next time it could be rain, hailstones or sand storms.

One good deed is more worth than a thousand brilliant theories. Let us not wait for large opportunities, or for a different kind of work, but do just the things we "find to do" day by day.

Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have.

Newspapers provided a common culture of aspiration.

No, of course not. I just feel content,” she said carefully. “That’s an old person’s word,” said Ethan.

No one's happy here, you know that. But I am content, and maybe that's enough for me.

Not everyone has to be in a relationship to feel good about themselves. Some people are better off on their own.

...not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am.

Now I say that a heart that has no grace, and is not instructed in this mystery of contentment, knows of no way to get contentment, but to have his possessions raised up to his desires; but the Christian has another way to contentment, that is, he can bring his desires down to his possessions, and so he attains his contentment....The world is infinitely deceived in thinking that contentment lies in having more than we already have. Here lies the bottom and root of all contentment, when there is an evenness and proportion between our hearts and our circumstances. That is why many godly men who are in low position live more sweet and comfortable lives than those who are richer.

Obviously your world knows nothing about what amount of heaviness or soreness you are carrying in your heart or what is haunting you in your darkest hours. What they know is that you are a beautiful soul because of your kind words that you speak day & night, thoughts that you share with them & good deeds that you do without losing intensity. Let you always be the one who even after deserving much much more yet remain pleased with where you are & feeling satisfied, fulfilled & accomplished. Let you remind yourself that you are also an engine like everyone geared to the wheelwork of this universe. All though you may feel that it is only your immediate surroundings that are affected by your liveliness, buoyancy, fragnance, good_heart & reflective personality, but actually your influence extends to infinite distance. Let you always alway have psychological stability, good health, sense of well being, smile on face, love in heart & peace in your soul. Stay Successful & Blessed!

One honest John Tompkins, a hedger & ditcher, Although he was poor, did not want to be richer; For all such vain wishes in him were prevented By a fortunate habit of being contented.

One mind is enough for you to achieve intelligence. One heart is enough for you to achieve kindness. One soul is enough for you to achieve goodness. One world is enough for us to achieve peacefulness. One life is enough for us to achieve happiness. One God is enough for us to achieve transcendence.

One needn't physically die to spiritually dwell, for the content know of heaven and the aggrieved know of hell.

One of the most lucrative privileges of an empty handed is the easiness to embrace wholeheartedly!

One who is happy has everything, though poor. One who is sad has nothing, though rich.

Never let them try out this gratitude, for they would immediately discover that it supplies the first and most important component to happiness: Contentment.

No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself

Nunca olvides la hermosa costumbre de enviar a al mierda a quien no te trate como te mereces.

One of the fastest ways to dispel greed is for a person to realize how blessed he already is.

One thing I am able to sum up about happenings in our land is that,everything once said about women is right and everything once said about men is absolutely right.

Opportunities do not come in fancy wrappers; only toffees do which give just temporary contentment. Toil to unwrap the real one, covered in hardships.

On the way to Washington Square she thought to herself that some kid would probably fall off the slide and cut his lip. Later, in the park, Matt fell from the swing and cut his lip. Cassandra held a Kleenex to the cut, fought back her own tears. What's the matter with me? What more do I want? God, let me just see the good things. She forced herself to look around, out of herself, and, in fact, the cherry blossoms were in bloom.They had been coming out little by little, but it was that day they were lovely. Then, as if because she saw the trees, the fountain turned on. Look, Mama! Matt cried and began to run. All the children and their mothers ran to the sparkling fountain. The postman walked right by it as usual. He seemed not to notice that it was on, got wet by the spray. One/two. One/two.

Others may not understand your joy and contentment because of your certainty about who you are and why you exist. Don't waste your time to explain.

People on the spiritual path are people of unquenchable discontent. It is being propagated that spirituality means contentment. Contentment means you have contented yourself with what you have. A spiritual person means he is unwilling to settle for anything less than the Ultimate.

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.

Peace; how unassuming you are. Yet, you are king of all the feelings.

Peace in the world begins with peace in your soul.

Pebbles that bring you joy are better than diamonds that bring you sorrow.

Perhaps, the secret in reaching that ever eluding state of personal contentment, lies in finding the balance between not caring too much and not giving a damn.

Perhaps...I could not be content with mere contentment!

[...]perhaps the secret of leading a life in which you would not always be worrying about things, or complaining about them, was to accept that there were people who just saw things differently from you and always would. Once you understood that, then you could accept the people themselves as they were and not try to change them. What was even more important, perhaps, was that you could love those people who looked at things so differently, because you realised that they were not trying to make life hard for you by being what they were, but were simply doing their best. Then, when you started to love them, love would do the work that it always did and it would begin to transform them and then they would end up seeing things in the same way that you did.

Practice appreciation for who you are and what you have… and allow your life to unfold in the most amazing way.

Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right and a perfect contentment.

Poverty destroys, riches ensnare but only the wise survive.

Pleasure exists in middle time, in time that is neither too accelerated or too slowed down.

Prosperity is contentment as a exuberance of flourishing, knowledge, success and good fortune. Enthusiasam encompasses wealth and happiness and health whenever we are content in life.

Reality. It is sometimes brought through foreign eyes; because if you do not know any better, you cannot see the worse (and vice versa).

Real poverty is when hunger pangs force from my mind all thoughts but those of food. Real poverty is when the children are not dressed warmly enough for winter. Real poverty is when the housing we can afford is not adequate to the needs of our families. On the other hand, real poverty is - equally - when I have eaten so much that I am uncomfortable, and again, my thoughts center on food. Or when I have so many clothes that I have to spend a lot of mental energy making choices among them or finding ways to store them. Or when, regardless of my living conditions, I am discontent and brooding about how to have more. Real poverty is when material things are uppermost and pressing - whether because we have too few or too many of them. It is poverty, because the human mind and spirit are made for higher things, worthier pursuits.