Kelsang Gyatso Quotes

Since we desire the true happiness that is brought about by a calm mind, and such peace of mind arises only from having a compassionate attitude, we need to make a concerted effort to develop compassion.

The more we control our mind, the more our inner peace increases and the happier we become

If your mind is still, you're the happiest.

I guess I like who I am now. I'd just like to have a little more internal peace. I'm sure everybody would.

You have everything you need for complete peace and total happiness right now.

I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy.

The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most beautiful period of the heart's existence is in this calm equable light, even although it be only moonshine or twilight. Now the mind alone can obtain for us this heavenly cheerfulness and peace.

True peace is a quality you carry within yourself, regardless of external circumstances.

When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.

Real bliss is to have peace of mind.

Peace, truthfully, is how you feel inside.

To me I've just really, really found a relaxed, peaceful side of my life and I'm enjoying it.

That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within.

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

The noblest mind the best contentment has

Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.

I'm on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.

When we understand clearly that inner peace is the real source of happiness, and how, through spiritual practice, we can experience progressively deeper levels of inner peace, we will develop tremendous enthusiasm to practice

Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible.

What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us

Happiness is a state of mind. With physical comforts if your mind is still in a state of confusion and agitation, it is not happiness. Happiness means calmness of mind.

Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life.