#content

It was my dream that I had clenched in a fist of discontent and wouldn't release. But time had now pried every finger open. There is peace in an open and upraised hand that isn't grasping for anything. ↗

— Laurel Lee

#clenched #discontent #dream #every #finger

To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#become #bestow #content #earnest #fleeting

The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied. ↗

— Lucretius

#greatest #little #live #mind #never

Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#complain #desires #despotism #discontented #his

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day. ↗

— Marcus Valerius Martial

#day #fear #last #nothing #prefer

Nobody wants to see teams out of contention showcased in December and January. I'm sure this is something that will be discussed again this off-season. ↗

— Al Michaels

#contention #december #discussed #i #january

I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. ↗

— John Muir

#about #as far as #discontented #far #fast

India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be deflected in its mission by noxious practitioners of terror. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#driven #high #india #itself #mission

Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and let form take care of itself. ↗

— Holly Near

#care #choose #content #form #itself

I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#always #content #decent #effort #enough