Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.

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

Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be developed. That's what education is about.

Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.

If there is a remedy or a cure, a solution to a problem or difficulty, why worry?

If you don't have altruism, inner strength, inner peace, attention, then it's a trauma. It makes a difficult life for you and for others.

Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.