Quotes about Contentment
The first step I say awed me and pleas'd me so much, I have hardly gone and hardly wish'd to go any farther, But stop and loiter all the time to sing it in ecstatic songs.
— Walt Whitman
Alone far in the wilds and mountains I hunt, Wandering amazed at my own lightness and glee, In the late afternoon choosing a safe spot to pass the night, Kindling a fire and broiling the freshkilled game, Soundly falling asleep on the gathered leaves, my dog and gun by my side.
— Walt Whitman
Enough to live, enough to merely be.
— Walt Whitman
seems to me that everything in the light and air ought to be happy; Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough.
— Walt Whitman
I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood
— Walt Whitman
There's joy all around, if you only look for it.
— Wanda Brunstetter
A day without smiling is a wasted day.
— Wanda Brunstetter
Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. PSALM 37:4
— Wanda Brunstetter
And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye clear. What we need is here.
— Wendell Berry
There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot.
— Wendell Berry
My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can. In both our work and our leisure, I think, we should be so employed. And in our time this means that we must save ourselves from the products that we are asked to buy in order, ultimately, to replace ourselves.
— Wendell Berry
He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires.
— Wendell Berry