The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents
- Salvador Dali
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If a man will begin in certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin in doubts he shall end in certainties
- Francis Bacon
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He who does not care for Heaven but is contented where he is, is already in Heaven
- Blavatsky
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To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony
- William Ellery Channing
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If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would still be living in caves. Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization
- Eugene Debs
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Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace
- Albert Schweitzer
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Nine requisites for contented living:
Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future
- Goethe
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If a man has come to that point where he is so content that he says; I do not want to know any more, or do any more or be any more, he is in a state of which he ought to be changed into a mummy
- Henry Ward Beecher
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Contentment is not happiness.
An oyster may be contented
- Christian Bovee
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