Genuine Happiness

Thank God for the

Thank God for the joys of family life. I have often said there can be no genuine happiness separate and apart from a good home. The sweetest influences and associations of life are there Ezra Taft Benson

There can be no

There can be no genuine happiness separate and apart from the home. Ezra Taft Benson

In our concern for

In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves. Dalai Lama

Genuine happiness and compassion

Genuine happiness and compassion go hand in hand. Dalai Lama

While it is all

While it is all very well to distinguish happiness that is transient from that which is lasting, between ephemeral and genuine happiness, the only happiness it is meaningful to speak of when a person is dying from thirst is access to water. Dalai Lama

In our concern for

In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves. When we worry less about ourselves an experience of our own suffering is less intense. What does this tell us? Firstly, because our every action has a universal dimension, a potential impact on others’ happiness, ethics are necessary as a means to ensure that we … Read more

Genuine happiness comes from

Genuine happiness comes from focusing on the happiness of others. Dalai Lama

Our every action has

Our every action has a universal dimension, a potential impact on others’ happiness. Dalai Lama

The most important thing

The most important thing in life is human affection. Without it one cannot achieve genuine happiness. And if we want a happier life, a happier family, happier neighbours or a happier nation, the key is inner quality. Even if the five billion human beings that inhabit the earth become millionaires, without inner development there cannot … Read more

The key to genuine

The key to genuine happiness is in our hands. To think this way is to discover the essential values of kindness, brotherly love and altruism. The more clearly we see the benefits of these values, the more we will seek to reject anything that opposes them; in this way we will be able to bring … Read more