Dalai Lama Quotes

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves. On a simple level we find that if we have a compassionate heart we naturally have more friends. And scientists today are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.

Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs.

There are plenty of studies that have shown that depression is associated with decreased immunity. So I want to harness all of the positive emotional energy I can in a patient to get better.

Forgiving is good for your health.

Your age is the sum total of your physical condition, the condition of your mind, and how you feel.

As you begin to heal the inner you, you alter your immune system.

Cheerfulness has a directly beneficial influence upon health.

We all know that being able to express deep emotion can literally save a person's life, and suppressing emotion can kill you both spiritually and physically.

Evidence shows that having even weak social connections in a stressful situation is really good for your health and your ability to handle that situation.

The state of your psyche is reflected in your body.

Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to us physically.

The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs.

While most of us know that we feel better after a good hearty laugh, science, in many cases, is yet to prove why.

A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine.

Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to us physically. Sometimes depression is simply the result of exhaustion.

I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.

Writing about joyful experiences for just three days can improve people's moods and decrease their visits to health centers a full three months later.

All my indispositions have their source in my mind. It is when I am restless and unhappy that I become susceptible of cold, damp, heats, and such nonsense.

If you are not happy, you will never be able to give happiness to others.

Music really does make you feel better.

It's when you begin to deal with stress mentally, physically and emotionally, that you can be truly fit.

I try to be as positive as I can because I truly believe I am my feelings, and if I'm sad, if I have regrets, they will show up as illnesses, they will show up as cancers... I don't want that.

Meditation practice is simply moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others.