A contented mind is a perpetual feast.

Palestinian Mahmoud Omar echoed the sentiment

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Many women still have inferiority complex and are inclined to be self satisfied.

Politicians and regulators have neither the political courage nor the intellectual conviction needed to return to a much clearer and more straightforward system.

More equality would not only produce the contentment that flows from more security and better health, but also the satisfaction that flows from having more leisure, more time with family and friends, more respect from one's fellows, and more lifestyle choices.

Without this conviction the letter of the law is nothing but a mask for bureaucratic caprice and authoritarian will.

But market forces alone are unlikely to solve the unprecedented levels of labor market exclusion that developed from the mid 1970 s to the early 1990 s.

This is a moment for rational thoughts over the irrational sense and brazen ideologies that give insurgents the conviction that they are fighting a just war.

The Committee expresses concern, however, about the atmosphere of complacency, which may reduce efforts to prevent and eliminate child labour.

This Israeli conviction on what it considers an existential issue stands in stark contrast with the fatalism that otherwise dominates Israelis thinking about themselves and their relations with the Palestinians.

The Fourth Assessment, which was just issued, confirms the mounting evidence and the increasing conviction that global warming is the result of the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

By measuring their student smiles, researchers were able to predict how fulfilling and long lasting a subject's marriage will be, how well she would score on standardized tests of well being and how inspiring she would be to others.

Israel's persistent aggression against the Palestinian people and its resort to the most heinous forms of terror and oppression without regard to any political, legal or moral considerations confirm to us that it is not yet convinced of the necessity of establishing a comprehensive and just peace in the region.

Legislation and regulation produced in the wake of the crisis have mostly served as a patch to preserve the status quo. Politicians and regulators have neither the political courage nor the intellectual conviction needed to return to a much clearer and more straightforward system.

Today, with spirit renewed, and faced with the challenges that threaten the very existence of humankind, we are working together with the same conviction and motivation as in San Francisco, seeking to invigorate our Organization, which has become the bastion of our principles, for without those principles, we would stand no chance in the globalized world.