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“Quiet contentment is louder than any loud success.”

— Stephie Pahlavi Zan

Last update Sept. 16, 2026. History

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“Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content;
The quiet mind is richer than a crown.”

Robert Greene (dramatist) (1558–1592) English author

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“And we talked of girls, and dropping bombs on Rome,
And thought of the quiet dead and the loud celebrities
Exhorting us to slaughter.”

Alun Lewis (1915–1944) Welsh poet

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“The truth is, when it gets really quiet, when the silence gets too loud, i really start to miss everyone.”

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“Contentment… has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.”

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