contentment Quotes

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

Buying is a profound pleasure.