Radio Shangri-la Quotes

“THE BUDDHISTS WOULD SAY that everything you need is right here, within you. There’s no need to seek outside yourself for the answers. Nothing—no place, no person—can complete you or make you happy. The longer I live, the more I see and experience, the more certain I am that this is true. And yet, occasionally, a shakeup in location, or in the company you keep, can touch you in just the right way, awaken something inside you. At precisely the moment you need it. Timing”
― Lisa Napoli, Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in the Happiest Kingdom on Earth

“Being, not having. Happiness above wealth. It sounded great to me; Bhutan certainly appeared to have its priorities straight. At least, it seemed to have the same priorities I was craving more of in my world.”
― Lisa Napoli, Radio Shangri-la: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth

“The well-being of people was to be considered before the sheer generations of goods and cash, before rampant growth just for the sake of an upward slope on a graph. Quality of life was to take precedence over financial and material success. Compassion toward and cooperation with your fellow citizens was fundamental, essential, rather than mowing down the other guy with abandon so you could succeed.”
― Lisa Napoli, Radio Shangri-la: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth