Quotes about Contentment

Did not i say that things would come right of themselves? said the Bishop. Then he added, with a smile, To him who contents himself with the surplice of a curate, God sends the cope of an archbishop. Monseigneur, murmured the cure, throwing back his head with a smile. God or the Devil.

Does not this comprehend all, in fact? and what is there left to desire beyond it? A little garden in which to walk, and immensity in which to dream. At

The circumstances of happiness are not enough, there must also be peace of mind

When Cosette went out with him, she leaned on his arm, proud, happy, her heart full to overflowing. Jean

God can add nothing to the happiness of those who love, except to give them endless duration.

but the cat rejoices even over a lean mouse.

And if you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be let alone.

Because I'm happy that you exist at all, Elisabeth. Perhaps I love you. Perhaps I love you very much. But probably just for this reason it would be better if we remain as we are. I think a man and a woman love each other all the more when they don't live together and when they know about each other only that they exist, and when they are grateful to each other for the fact that they exist and that they know they exist. And that alone is enough for their happiness.

La felicidad es el deseo de repetir.

Even if I live not in a big city, even if I detest to go to parties, I love street fairs and long conversations with people in the countryside.

He didn't take her breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay-that was really good, actually, to be near someone who filled your lungs with air.

Could it be that to truly love a thing is not to desire it, but to desire happiness for it?