#contentment

Ari smiled. The sun was shining, the weather was great, he was eating ice cream, and all his dreams were about to come true. ↗

— James Patterson

#dreams

Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#dream #home #land #not-my-life #dreams

Search for contentment in each person you meet. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#contentment #inspirational #kindness #motivational #inspirational

Contentment free us from the suffering of expecting life to be different, and it helps our mind to be free from the past, and the illusion of the nonexistent future. ↗

— Martin Suarez

#clinging #contentment #freedom #freedom

Our greatest limitation isn't the leader of the lives; it is the spirit within us. ↗

— John MacArthur

#leadership #leadership

The world is always greater than your desires; plenty is never enough. ↗

— Aleksandar Hemon

#desire #life #life

The most difficult thing to adjust to, apparently, is peace and contentment. ↗

— Henry Miller

#contentment #life #peace #life

Sage.” He laughed. “I’m into anything, so long as you’re with me. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#contentment #happiness #love #sydney-sage #love

In the widely open cup of the armchair was I-330. I, on the floor, embracing her limbs, my head on her lap. We were silent. Everything was silent. Only the pulse was audible. Like a crystal I was dissolving in her, in I-330. I felt most distinctly how the polished facets which limited me in space were slowly thawing, melting away. I was dissolving in her lap, in her, and I became at once smaller and larger, and larger, unembraceable. For she was not she but the whole universe. For a second I and that armchair near the bed, transfixed with joy, we were one. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#love #love

Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But it’s still the eyes we look at, isn’t it? That’s where we found the other person, and find them still. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#contentment #familiarity #habit #long-term-relationships #love