A Quote by Eugene O'Neill

One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers. — © Eugene O'Neill
One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.
One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.
The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn't matter whether you obtain the object of your desire or not. Either way, you are still content.
Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me.
Yes, I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one string and that one broken, sad as a woman who is growing old. Sad, sad, sad.
But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest.
Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment.
Contentment is the door to god. If one is contented, one has already arrived. And the meaning of contentment is absolute acceptance as you are. Contentment means acceptance, discontentment means non-acceptance. A wants to become B - that is discontent. A is perfectly happy in being A, there is no desire to become B - that is contentment.
Until a vegan or vegetarian enters the room, people don't see themselves as meat-eaters. They are merely 'eaters', and it is we vegans who have made them aware of what they are doing. Often this is discomforting.
You ask me whether I am in good spirits. How could I not be so? As long as Faith gives me strength I will always be joyful. Sadness ought to be banished from Catholic souls... the purpose for which we have been created shows us the path; even if strewn with many thorns, it is not a sad path. It is joyful even in the face of sorrow.
I don't like the cold. But as along as you warm up properly and you build up a nice sweat and keep your body warm, your arm warm and loose, you should be fine.
Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.
Joyful, joyful, joyful, as only dogs know how to be happy with only the autonomy of their shameless spirit.
I am learning how to be angry and sad and lonely and joyful and excited and afraid and happy.
When you're feeling joyful, you are giving joy, and you'll receive back joyful experiences, joyful situations, and joyful people, wherever you go. From the smallest experience of your favorite song playing on the radio to bigger experiences of receiving a pay raise -- all of the circumstances you experiences are the law of attraction responding to your feeling of joy.
My natural disposition is pretty joyful, but you know, I have bad days and sad moments like anybody else.
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