Happiness

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”

– Often attributed to Dalai Lama

What does it mean?

You can't buy or find happiness already finished. You build it through the way you live and act.

Key vocabulary

ready made
already prepared, so you don't have to make it

Who said it?

Dalai Lama: Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama (born 1935).

These exact words are widely credited to Dalai Lama, but they don’t appear in their known work. They may be a later paraphrase or a misattribution.

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