This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
George Mackenzie, fully Sir George Mackenzie. 2nd Baronet, 1st Earl of Cromartie
Luxury makes a man so soft that it is hard to please him, and easy to trouble him; so that his pleasures at last become his burden. Luxury is a nice master, hard to be pleased.
Giving of yourself, learning to be tolerant, giving recognition and approval to others, remaining flexible enough to mature and learn - yields happiness, harmony, contentment and productivity. These are the qualities of a rich life, the bounteous harvest of getting along with people.
Character | Contentment | Enough | Giving | Harmony | Learning | Life | Life | People | Qualities | Approval | Learn |
We are always looking for pleasure, frantically seeking happiness in many ways, and totally missing the simplest, most fundamental pleasure, which actually is also the greatest pleasure: just being here. When we are really present, the presence itself is made out of fullness, contentment and blissful pleasure... Happiness, value, and pleasure are not he result of anything. These qualities are part of our fundamental nature.
Contentment | Nature | Pleasure | Present | Qualities | Wisdom | Happiness |
The laughter of man is the contentment of God.
Character | Contentment | God | Laughter | Man |
From labor, health; from health, contentment springs.
Contentment | Health | Labor | Wisdom |
Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.
To have health of body, it is necessarie to have contentment of minde.
Body | Contentment | Health | Wisdom |