Contentment & Gratitude

9 passages on contentment & gratitude, drawn from many traditions and offered with their sources intact. Take the one that meets you where you are.

  • Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.

    Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching

  • Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.

    Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching

  • I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

    Paul · Philippians 4:11 · The Bible

  • Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.

    Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching

  • Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.

    Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching

  • I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

    Paul · Philippians 4:11 · The Bible

  • Gratitude opens the heart to receive the blessings of Creation.

    Abd-ru-shin · In the Light of Truth · The Grail Message

  • Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

    Buddha · Dhammapada · Buddhist Teachings

  • 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.

    Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching

Traditions represented here