A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
Perhaps, the secret in reaching that ever eluding state of personal contentment, lies in finding the balance between not caring too much and not giving a damn.
Happiness was not a word that seemed to apply anymore, when she had lost so many close to her. There was a contentment that felt deeper, that acknowledged and accepted the quieter offerings of small...
True affluence is not needing anything.
... you need to travel to see the ocean - I don't need the ocean - I have the sky...
Contentment and gratitude are signs that you are worthy of further receivership.
A joyful life, life of contentment.
I'm done. I don't need anything more out of life. I have you, and that's enough.
Our soul and the sky and the earth are enough for us. Wanting more is to lose this and to be unhappy.
The Red Lion was a four-ale bar with a handful of lowbrowed sons of toil who looked as though they...
What could you do? Major Major asked himself again. What could you do with a man who looked you...
If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order...
We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle.
Hope for some means its loss for others; when the hopeless regain some hope, those in power--the...
Why are they going to disappear him? I don't know. It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good...
Keep in mind that when we talk of a great painting we are not really talking about anything great....
Read me back the last line. 'Read me back the last line,' read back the corporal who could take...
It isn't even good grammar. What the hell does it mean when they disappear somebody?