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Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man's idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.

~Charles Spurgeon

Topics: Ambition Contentment Exalted Gods Holiness Humility Idolatry Lust Man Often Peace Pride Revenge Serious Thought Too Unworthy Viewed While

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When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

~Dalai Lama

Topics: Always Contentment Desire Discontent Everything More Need Never Oh Practice Really Satisfied Say Want Yes You Your Yourself

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All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.

~Dalai Lama

Topics: All Religions Basic Benefit Compassion Contentment Honesty Justice Love Message Need People Religions Same Try

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The life my grandparents had was thoroughly American. They built a small ranch into a huge operation and fulfilled my great-grandparents' dreams. Theirs was... a simpler time of contentment and patriotism.

~Dana Perino

Topics: American Built Contentment Dreams Fulfilled Grandparents Had Huge Life Operation Patriotism Ranch Simpler Small Thoroughly Time

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I did have a very restricted, regimented life. There was a kind of happiness there, a contentment, but it was a small happiness within very clear and delineated borders.

~Daniel Tammet

Topics: Borders Clear Contentment Did Happiness Kind Life Restricted Small Very Within

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Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing excitement.

~Dawn Powell

Topics: Better Contentment Days Excitement Flow Life Must Nature Peaceful Quiet Rushing Than Way

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Contentment is work so engrossing that you do not know that you are working.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Contentment Know Work Working You

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The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.

~Doug Larson

Topics: Contentment Full Happiness Looking People Spectacular While World

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We should purify our innate well of contentment - what a wonderful expression - and then external things will be in harmony with us.

~Eckhart Tolle

Topics: Contentment Expression External Harmony Innate Our Purify Should Then Things Us Well Will Wonderful

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I like to feel and understand people's contentment with what I've done.

~Ennio Morricone

Topics: Contentment Done Feel Like People Understand

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