A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his own insignificant person.
If you would get a contented life, do not grasp too much of the world, do not take in more of the business of the world than God calls you to.
The secret of happiness is in a cheerful, contented mind. He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and can enjoy what others own.
Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
We must be contented to amuse, when we cannot inform.
Show me a contented newspaper editor and I will show you a bad newspaper.
Did I have a heart to be contented? Well, no, not particularly. I had a tendency to be discontented: ambitious, dissatisfied, fretful, and tough to please. . . It's easier to complain than to laugh, easier to yell than to joke around, easier to be demanding than to be satisfied.
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.
You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try.
Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.
Pray for a peaceful and contented mind in all circumstances.
How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the sky clearer, the earth has a brighter green. . . the flowers are more fragrant. . . and the sun, moon, and stars all appear more beautiful, and seem to rejoice with us.
When shall I at last retire into solitude alone, without companions, without joy and without sorrow, with only the sacred certainty that all is a dream? When, in my rags—without desires—shall I retire contented into the mountains? When, seeing that my body is merely sickness and crime, age and death, shall I—free, fearless, and blissful—retire to the forest? When? When, oh when?
In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to make him contented with a condition of slavery, commits the highest crime against God and man.
What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only?
No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
I'm more contented and at peace with myself now than I was as a box-office queen. I'm less uptight. I've even reached a stage where it doesn't shatter me if somebody prints something bad about me.
I live in fear of being a contented passenger. I'd rather get parts I can't play.
Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
