The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

by Dalai Lama XIV

‘Wherever you have friends that’s your country, and wherever you receive love, that’s your home.’”

You are made for perfection, but you are not yet perfect. You are a masterpiece in the making.”

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act despite it.”

When you focus too much on yourself, you become disconnected and alienated from others. In the end, you also become alienated from yourself, since the need for connection with others is such a fundamental part of who we are as human beings.

Greet the world with greater trust, kindness, and compassion, and the world will greet you with greater trust, kindness, and compassion. When you smile at the world, the world does tend to smile back.

“Anything that has a birth has a death, and I am no exception.”

If something can be done about it, what need is there for dejection? And if nothing can be done about it, what use is there for being dejected? —Shantideva, The Way of the Bodhisattva

May you be free from suffering. May you be healthy. May you be happy. May you find peace and joy.

“I accept myself as I am, flawed and human like everyone else.”