Whatever you train, you change your brain.

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

Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness: the one which makes us take on thousands of less important activities.

To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy.

By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere pleasurable feeling, a fleeting emotion, or a mood, but an optimal state of being. Happiness is also a way of interpreting the world, since while it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.

Placebos are like the lollipop of optimism, but we can do much better by dealing directly with the mind... And it works!

The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood.