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Contentment

«We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.»
«The time we enjoy wasting is usually a good indicator of our real values? The best things in life feel like we feel when we waste our time!»
«You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it's the best thing in the world. When you're in a relationship and it's good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete.»
«There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.»
«'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is both honor enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content.'»
«True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton | About: Contentment | Keywords: Alexander, Diogenes, tub
«What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life»
Author: Hermann Hesse (Novelist, Poet) | About: Contentment

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