Steven Amsterdam Quotes

Be satisfied with what you have.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Without our stories, we are not only able to act clearly and fearlessly, we are also a friend, a listener. We are people living happy lives. We are appreciation and gratitude that have become as natural as breath itself. Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know and that we already have everything we need, right here now.

I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.

You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

When you stop comparing what is right here and now with what you wish were, you can begin to enjoy what is.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

I don't want to go anywhere; I don't want to leave anybody behind. Happiness is right here, right now, in this world, in this room. I am happiest wherever it is that I am.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.

I don't have the recipe for happiness, but I think the engine is simply having the desire.

I just see what's in front of me. That's what I'm happy with.

I honestly believe true happiness lies in lowered expectations. In opening the door to let the air in.

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.

Perhaps if one really knew when one was happy one would know the things that were necessary in one's life.

People have asked if I would go back to my 20s, and I'm like, "Only if I could hold onto the wisdom and the things that I've learned." But in reality, I don't think I'd want to even go back then. I'm so happy with where I'm at. My life is very content. Everything feels really good. I wouldn't want to change any of that. I'm happy for all the ups and the downs, and everything that has led me to where I am. I wouldn't want to lose any of that.

If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.

I just consciously try to enjoy the good things that are happening. And if it ended tomorrow, that would be fine.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

Life is having its way with me now. And I'm really pleased.

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.