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

Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.

I don't often get into a bad mood, since it does not help anything and clouds my judgment, but I can certainly see that sometimes things go terribly wrong. We need to understand the reasons for this and work towards building new conditions that will bring about better circumstances.

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

Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment.

When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail to recognize the luminous simplicity of mind that is always present behind the veils of thought.

Happiness is the result of inner maturity. It depends on us alone, and requires patient work, carried out from day to day. Happiness must be built, and this requires time and effort. In the long term, happiness and unhappiness are therefore a way of being, or a life skill.