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In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.

True humility is contentment.

The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy.

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.

I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

True contentment comes with empathy.

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification.

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.