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| It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.
 - Bernard de Fontenelle (1657-1757) |
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| Contentment is a pearl of great value, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase.
- Balguy, adapted |
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| The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.
- Lin Yutang (1895-1976) |
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| God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. (from 'The Serenity Prayer')
- Reinhold Biebuhr (1894-1962) |
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| Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and it just annoys the pig.
- Author Unknown |
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| It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.
- Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) |
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| Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but wanting what you have.
- Confucius (551-479 B.C.) |
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| Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come an go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all.
- 'Buddha's Little Instruction Book' |
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| How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us. Remember, there is nothing wrong with nature; the trouble is in ourselves.
- Parks Cousins |
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| No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness. Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances.
- Paramahansa Yogananda |
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