Dalai Lama Quotes

Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.

Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.

Don't think you're going to be happy when you get something. You have to be happy on your way to happy.

There's only one reason why you're not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it's because you're thinking or focusing on what you don't have....But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss.

How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?

I don't think goal setting is an important basis for a retail business - or for anyone. Most of the time goal setting puts too much energy and attention on being someplace else, instead of helping you appreciate where you are.If I ran a retail store, which I have done in my life, I would go into it from a place of "I am thrilled to be here, and I am honored to be able to serve other people." I would not be telling myself constantly that I have to double my sales in order for me to be happy. I would tell myself, "I am content to be here in this moment, and I love this work."

Wealth is enjoying what we already have, not getting more of what we think will make us happy.

Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation.

If we're not enjoying what we've got...and even if we do get 'more,' we won't enjoy that, either.

The treasure we seek requires no lengthy expedition, no expensive equipment, no superior aptitude or special company. All we lack is the willingness to imagine that we already have everything we need. The only thing missing is our consent to be where we are.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

He that studies his content, wants it.

About being grateful for what you have instead of yearning for what you think you want.

If you don't develop your skill at enjoying what you have, you won't be any happier when you get more.

The reason you want every single thing that you want, is because you think you will feel really good when you get there. But, if you don't feel really good on your way to there, you can't get there. You have to be satisfied with what-is while you're reaching for more.

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.