42 Dalai Lama quotes to make you reflect on various subjects

Happiness is not something ready made. It is made up of your own actions.

Try to be at peace with yourself and help others to share this peace. If you contribute to the happiness of other people, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life.

Life is as precious to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as he seeks happiness and fears pain, just as he wants to live and not die, all other creatures crave the same.

The only source of happiness is within us.

Make the rest of your life as meaningful as possible. It consists only in acting with the consideration of others. Thus, you will find peace and happiness for yourself.

The desire to reach out to others, to communicate with them, to help them efficiently, gives rise to immense energy and great joy in us, without any feeling of tiredness.

Cultivating positive states of mind, such as generosity and compassion, definitely leads to better mental health and happiness.

I believe that the purpose of our life is the pursuit of happiness. That’s clear. Whether you believe in religion or not, whether you believe in this religion or that, we all seek something better in life. So I think the motivation of our life is happiness.

Make the rest of your life as meaningful as possible… It’s all about acting with others in mind. Thus, you will find peace and happiness for yourself.

Compassion is the desire for other beings to be freed from suffering. And love is wanting them to find happiness.

The more we care about the happiness of our fellow human beings, the greater our own well-being.

When we cultivate a deep and caring feeling for others, we automatically move into a state of serenity. This is the main source of happiness.