Quotes about Contentment

Reconciliation can also be with your own self. If you don't reconcile with yourself, happiness with another person is impossible.

The French have a song they like to sing, "Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux?" (What are you waiting for in order to be happy?) You can be happy right here and right

Why wander all over the world looking for something you already have? You are already the richest person on Earth.

For true love to be there, you need to feel complete in yourself, not needing something from outside.

If we continue to hold on to a dream for something in the future, we lose the present moment. And if we lose the present, we lose everything.

The fruit of mindfulness practice is the realization that peace and joy are available within us and around us, right here and right now.

Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness.

Often our thinking goes around and around in circles, so we lose all our joy in living.

it is always possible to practice "I have arrived, I am home." I have run all my life; I am not going to run anymore; now I am determined to stop and really live my life.

In everyone there's a continuous desire and expectation; deep inside, you still expect something better to happen. That is why you check your email many times a day!

Make the practice pleasant, that is what I beg you to do.

Standing in line at a grocery store or a restaurant, or waiting for the time to eat, we don't need to waste our time. We don't need to "wait" for one second. Instead, we can enjoy breathing in and out for our nourishment and healing. We can use that time to notice that we will soon be able to have food, and we can be happy and grateful during that time. Instead of waiting, we can generate joy.