In a way, there's nothing wrong with playing the piano, but it's not a huge trauma if you don't.

I think if your direction in life is clear and if you develop the wish to accomplish/have a fulfilled life and to contribute something to others, I think that definitely gives you such a strength to want to be alive, that that would be the best placebo.

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

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

Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success

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.

The way you experience [pain] can change so much depending on your attitude.