There had to be something wrong with my life. I should have been born a Yugoslavian shepherd who looked up at the Big Dipper every night.

Happy the man and happy he alone he who can call today his own; he who secure within can say tomorrow do thy worst for I have lived today

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning—raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing.

Sometimes in life there's no problem and sometimes in there is no solution. In this space - between these apparent poles - life flows.

If we cannot be contented with our current lives and possessions, then we are feeding an appetite that no amount of money will ever satiate.

Fidelity surveyed a group with at least $1 million investment assets excluding real estate and retirement. 42% of them did not FEEL wealthy.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

...ambition or contentment? This simple question led me back to a more balanced view of life and put me in touch with the Me I used to know...

Everyone dies. The don't all have the chance to see what they wanted most. At least I've seen the Above. At least I've known True.

She had learned the lesson of renunciation and was as familiar with the wreck of each day's wishes as with the diurnal setting of the sun.

Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

A book of verses underneath the boughA flask of wine, a loaf of bread and thouBeside me singing in the wildernessAnd wilderness is paradise now.

She had nothing to wish otherwise, but that the days did not pass so swiftly. It was a delightful visit;—perfect, in being much too short.

It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.