Anyone can be happy by simply training their brain.

When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.

True freedom means freeing oneself from the dictates of the ego and its accompanying emotions.

The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.

It is in learning music that many youthful hearts learn to love.

Children, old people, vagabonds laugh easily and heartily: they have nothing to lose and hope for little. In renunciation lies a delicious taste of simplicity and deep peace.

While it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.