When you are discontented, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‘Oh yes — I already have everything that I really need.’ – HH The Dalai Lama
Inner Happiness and Peace
When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. – HH The Dalai Lama
Achieving the Great Aim of Real Lasting Happiness
Right until the moment we actually die, we think that it will not happen for quite a while yet. This attitude causes us to put off achieving the great aim of real lasting happiness. – HH The Dalai Lama
The Ultimate Source of a Happy Life
The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves. – HH The Dalai Lama
We All Want the Same Things
Spend five minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we are all connected to one another. – HH The Dalai Lama
A More Peaceful and Happier Society
The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual. – HH The Dalai Lama
Happiness is not Ready Made
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. – Dalai Lama
The Foundation of our Happiness
It is my fundamental conviction that compassion constitutes a basic aspect of our nature as well as being the foundation of our happiness. – HH The Dalai Lama
Inner Attitudes
Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes. – HH The Dalai Lama
Compassion and Happiness
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. – HH The Dalai Lama
A Happy Century, a Peaceful Century
In order to create a happy century, a peaceful century, we must promote the concept of dialogue. – HH The Dalai Lama
Bring Happiness
It is clear that feelings of love, affection, closeness and compassion bring happiness. – HH The Dalai Lama
Cultivating Positive Mental States
I think that cultivating positive mental states like kindness and compassion definitely leads to better psychological health and happiness. – HH The Dalai Lama
Achieving Genuine Happiness
Achieving genuine happiness may require bringing about a transformation in your outlook and way of thinking. – HH The Dalai Lama
Ethical Behavior
I think that ethical behavior is another feature of the kind of inner discipline that leads to a happier existence. – HH The Dalai Lama
A Friendlier World
Certain desires are positive: a desire for happiness; for peace; for a more harmonious and friendlier world. – HH The Dalai Lama
Enjoy a Happy and Joyful Life
The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life. – HH The Dalai Lama
Happy and Satisfied
If we have a good heart, a warm heart, warm feelings, we will be happy and satisfied ourselves. – HH The Dalai Lama
What We All Seek and Avoid
All individuals are equal in that every one of us instinctively seeks happiness and avoids suffering. – HH The Dalai Lama
An Old Friend
I try to treat every person I meet like an old friend, and that gives me a real sensation of happiness. – HH The Dalai Lama
