The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of the ages may be preserved
by quotations.


- Isaac D'Israeli
Showing posts with label Contentment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Contentment. Show all posts

Monday, February 13, 2012

Marcel Pagnol

“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be”

- Marcel Pagnol, author, playwright and filmmaker

Friday, December 9, 2011

Helen Keller

"Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content."

- Helen Keller, author and activist

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

James Oppenheim

"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet."

- James Oppenheim, author, poet, editor

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Epicurus

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

- Epicurus, ancient Greek philosopher