3 quotes explained
Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama (born 1935)
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
– Often attributed to Dalai Lama
Meaning: You can't buy or find happiness already finished. You build it through the way you live and act.
– Often attributed to Dalai Lama
Meaning: The first sentence sounds like there are times when kindness isn't possible. The second says there never are: we can always choose to be kind.
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
– Dalai Lama, The Art of Happiness (1998)
Meaning: Caring about other people's suffering helps them, and it also makes us happier ourselves.
