Dalai Lama Quotes

There is another element that is a part of human happiness — and that is that unless we think of others and do something for them we miss the greatest sources of happiness.

Dumbledore would have been happier than anybody to think that there was a little more love in the world.

Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.

I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.

The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.

True kindness isn't something we're born with. It's something we have to work at. Not everyone has it. But I think everyone has the potential. Sometimes you just have to look really close before you can tell it's there."-Kyoko

Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.

Warm-heartedne ss and concern for others’ well-being are a condition for happiness, whether you are religious or not.

If we worried half as much what others are doing for us and spent twice as much time helping others, we would all be exponentially happier.

You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don't exist.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.

We benefit from doing nothing, from going out to play, from giving from the heart and spending time in nature. Most of all we benefit from having healthy, strong, and loving relationships with other people and from exercising the altruistic parts of ourselves.

The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.

To be happy, make other people happy.

If you want to be happy, make others happy!

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

True contentment comes with empathy.

I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested.

The more empathy you have and the more connected you are to society, the better off you'll be.

Selfishly, it feels great for me to do something that might put a smile on someone else's face.

Compassion is not having any hesitation to reflect your light on things

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.

A happy life is a life for others.