One should be either
One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers. Eugene O’Neill
Contentment
Contentment: The smother of
Contentment: The smother of invention. Ethel Mumford
Art is often born
Art is often born from inner struggle. Artists are plagued by impulses they must express. Contentment does not seek action but struggle always seeks release, and for the creative it can take the form of art. Eric Gibbons
Do not spoil what
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. Epicurus
Do not spoil what
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
I must die. Must
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment? Epictetus
Contentment comes not so
Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants. Epictetus
Seek not that the
Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life. Epictetus
Freedom is not procured
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. Epictetus
Contentment, as it is
Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble. Epictetus