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  • When God has not taken away our trouble or temptation yet, with His grace in our lives, we are content.

  • Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee.

  • The key to contentedness is not the absence of work; neither is it to cap each day with the witless abandon of hollow entertainment, but to fill your days with that which fills your life with meaning.

  • To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

  • Let your confidence reflect your contentedness.

    Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.81, Criss Jami
  • Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.

    Quality   Sound   Riches  
  • When we turn luxuries into necessities, we jeopardize our ability for contentedness.

  • If you can be content right now, then you'll always be content, because it's always right now.

    Right Now   Ifs  
    FaceBook post by Willie Nelson from May 10, 2016
  • Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul.

    Spiritual   Soul   Enemy  
    "The Size of the Soul: Principles of Revival and Spiritual Growth". Book by Aiden Wilson Tozer, 1992.
  • Imagine craving absolutely nothing from the world. Imagine cutting the invisible strings that so painfully bind us: what would that be like? Imagine the freedoms that come from the ability to enjoy things without having to acquire them, own them, possess them. Try to envision a relationship based on acceptance and genuine care rather than expectation. Imagine feeling completely satisfied and content with your life just as it is. Who wouldn't want this? This is the enjoyment of non-attachment.

  • We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

    Love   Life   Happiness  
  • We brought nothing into this world and it's certain we can carry nothing out.

    Death   Dying   World  
    "Fictional character: Thomas Dunson". "Red River", www.imdb.com. 1948.
  • Great men grow tired of contentedness.

    Tired   Men   Genius  
  • It is contrary to the worship that is in contentedness.

  • Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.

  • O God, animate us to cheerfulness! May we have a joyful sense of our blessings, learn to look on the bright circumstances of our lot, and maintain a perpetual contentedness

    Blessing   Looks   May  
    William Ellery Channing (1850). “Memoir: With Extracts from His Correspondence and Manuscripts”, p.144
  • I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

    Giving   Secret   Needs  
  • To play someone who is who they are because of the happiness and contentedness that they've known in their life is interesting because of sort of how banal it is.

    "Actress Christina Ricci". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 5, 2012.
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