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“Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; In thought, or act, accountable to none But to himself, and to the gods alone.”

Men Mind Desire He Man Quiet Mortals Vain Contentment Deceiving Torment Peace Within

Author:George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

“My writer friends, and they are legion, do not go around beaming with quiet feelings of contentment. Most of them go around with haunted, abused, surprised looks on their faces, like lab dogs on whom very personal deodorant sprays have been tested.”

Looks Has Beens Feelings Faces Dog Quiet Contentment Tested Labs Spray Legion Deodorant

Book:Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

“We can't forever be spending our lives paying for political follies that never gave us anything but always took from us, and I amcontent with the narrowest metes and bounds provided I have peace and quiet for work.”

Political Politics Forever Our Lives Quiet Bounds Spending Folly Contentment Peace And Quiet

Book:Stefan and Friderike Zweig: their correspondence, 1912-1942

Source: Stefan and Friderike Zweig: their correspondence, 1912-1942

“A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy (Illustrated)

“Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.”

Christian Spirit Wise Conditions Sweet Blessing Quiet Delight Christian Life Contentment Submit Inward Gracious Chastisement

Book:Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

Source: Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

“If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.”

Ifs Mind Peace Feet Comfort Quiet Golden Contentment Introvert Quietness Slippers Pilgrims Progress

Author:John Bunyan

“A cat knows how to be comfortable, how to get the people around it to serve it. In a tranquil domestic situation, the cat is a veritable manipulative genius. It seeks the soft, it seeks the warm, it prefers the quiet and it loves to be full. It displays, when it gets its own way in these matters, a degree of contentment we would all like to emulate.”

People Knows Way Matter Situation Know How Genius Quiet Degrees Comfortable Cat Warm Contentment Display Tranquil Emulate Manipulative

Book:A celebration of cats

Source: A celebration of cats