Quotes about Contentment
Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Reconciliation can also be with your own self. If you don't reconcile with yourself, happiness with another person is impossible.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
The French have a song they like to sing, "Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux?" (What are you waiting for in order to be happy?) You can be happy right here and right
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Why wander all over the world looking for something you already have? You are already the richest person on Earth.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
For true love to be there, you need to feel complete in yourself, not needing something from outside.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
If we continue to hold on to a dream for something in the future, we lose the present moment. And if we lose the present, we lose everything.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
The fruit of mindfulness practice is the realization that peace and joy are available within us and around us, right here and right now.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Often our thinking goes around and around in circles, so we lose all our joy in living.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
it is always possible to practice "I have arrived, I am home." I have run all my life; I am not going to run anymore; now I am determined to stop and really live my life.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
In everyone there's a continuous desire and expectation; deep inside, you still expect something better to happen. That is why you check your email many times a day!
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Make the practice pleasant, that is what I beg you to do.
— Thich Nhat Hanh