Contentment: Wisdom from Around the World

by Gillian Stokes

Contentment happens here and now in incremental and surprising moments. When we discover our contentment within, we escape the spinning top of desire. When we diligently cultivate these moments, they can last a lifetime. "If you want to be happy, be."
—Henry David Thoreau

Genres: Nonfiction

128 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2002

Reviews

[Theryn Fleming · Rating 2 out of 5]

Contentment is like a coffee table book, except smaller. Thick paper, some nice art prints, attractive layout. The content consists of quotes mixed with the author’s musings. What makes her an expert, I don’t know. There's no bio or anything. But the advice seems sound (if mostly common sense) and the quotes are pretty good. There's a Thomas Jefferson quote that made me laugh because Lawrence Lessig uses it in The Future of Ideas to bolster the Creative Commons concept. (Yes, I am a nerd.)