The Dalai Lama Quotes

“According to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, when you’re happy everything in life is bearable and grief and stress are just passing emotions. Happiness is not something that you feel after something good happens. It is a state of living that is present whether good things are happening or not, whether you’re suffering or not.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“Why am I doing this? Will this harm my body, my mind or someone else right now? Will this harm my body, my mind or someone else in the future?”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.’   Inner”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.’   If”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.’   Emotions”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“When you are able to share those things that you consider precious to you, their hold over you diminishes. Unshackled by the love of possessions that have no meaning, you are free to search for a happiness based on love and compassion for other people rather than things. Interacting”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“Happiness is not something that you feel when good things happen in your life. It is not something you feel when people say good things about you. It is not something you feel when you win an award. It is a state of living – present in grief or celebration, success or failure, stress or relaxation, suffering or pleasure.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“If you find yourself talking about everything you have or showing off by being publicly generous instead of privately, then you have a problem with pride.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“If you always depend on laws of the majority to tell you what is wrong then you are risking your own happiness and morality.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“Make sure that your generosity is as private as possible, even hidden from the recipient if possible, because it then eliminates the expectation of a reward.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“When people tell you their problems do not be dismissive of them and their feelings.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“At the heart of compassion is the ability to put yourself in other people’s shoes and tempering your reactions to them through empathy. If you do not understand what someone is going through it is hard to feel compassion for them. You do not want to be that person who is always telling others ‘I wish you would just get over it already’.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“The problem comes in when you sacrifice your peace of mind and happiness for the sake of others.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“True happiness is in the mind and finding it is all about transforming your intellect, emotions and attitudes. True happiness is mental peace.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“True happiness is innate and a creation of your mind. It is mental peace that can be achieved anytime, anywhere even when you do not have everything you want.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“Inner strength comes from previous suffering. It sounds like an incongruous statement but the reality is this; if you suffer now and survive it, it makes you better able to deal with suffering in the future.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“Seeking happiness is as much a part of being human as having a soul.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“The best of us grieve over the loss but do not dwell on it. Instead we draw from our inner strength to help us move on from our pain.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“HAPPINESS IS ACHIEVABLE   Why is the Dalai Lama always smiling?   I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s wondering. This is a man who has practically lost his country to another country. He is now living a frugal existence as the exiled leader of the Tibetans.   Why is this man smiling?   Anyone else would curl up in bed and refuse to leave. Others would sink into depression. There is no logical reason for him to maintain such as sunny deposition when everything he had has been snatched away from him. So why does he?”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“A truly happy person accepts that suffering is unavoidable and inevitable but does not let it rule them or lie down and wait for it (thus unintentionally drawing even more suffering). Instead s/he has transformed their emotions and their attitudes towards this suffering and changed their way of living. The aim of these life-transformations is to ensure that they have peace of mind now, are prepared for their down periods when suffering will appear, and are able to bounce back from loss and sorrow quicker than the average person.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“Many people have the wrong perception of what mental peace actually is. Have you ever won something – a race, a trophy, a promotion? Do you feel that instant almost bursting out of your chest elation that had you smiling from ear to ear? For many this is the very definition of happiness – that momentary feeling that you are literally on top of the world. It is why you’ll find people doing drugs, skydiving, drag racing or other actions that give them a rush and make them feel like they’ve conquered the world.   That’s not happiness – that’s pleasure.   Pleasure is an orchestrated moment of elation that is caused by what is happening around you; by the award given or the winning or the race or the birth of the baby. However when the cameras are gone and the trophy is just another bauble on your mantelpiece, the feeling is gone and you have to find new ways to reach that high again.   Happiness on the other hand is a state of being. You are happy washing the dishes, happy tending your garden, happy walking down the street and happy just sitting on the couch. Sometimes you may not even notice that you’re happy because it is not an emotion that agitates the senses. Happiness thrives in normality. It is not something you deliberately set out to do. You can’t say that ‘at nine o’clock I’m going to be happy’ and press a start or stop button. It is a constant and unending emotion.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“You need someone who you can count on to give you this support during your own down times. You need someone who you always know will be there for you to provide you with the encouragement and affirmation you need during the time you are suffering and to celebrate with you when you triumph.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !

“True happiness is not a product of the physical environment. It does not come from who the people around you are and what they do. It does not come from what you own. It does not come from the accolades you win or the events that happen around you. True happiness is innate and a creation of your mind. It is mental peace that can be achieved anytime, anywhere even when you do not have every thing you want.”
― J. Thomas, The Dalai Lama : The Best Teachings of The Dalai Lama, Journey to a Happy, Fulfilling and Meaningful Life !