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Dalai Lama Quotes about Contentment

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If one's life is simple, contentment has to come.

If one's life is simple, contentment has to come.

Dalai Lama
Simple, Contentment, Shelter

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

Dalai Lama
Being Happy, Practice, Contentment

A sense of contentment is a key factor for attaining happiness

Dalai Lama
Keys, Contentment, Attaining Happiness
His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2013). “The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom”, p.10, HarperCollins UK

Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

Dalai Lama
Contentment, Desire, Purpose
Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com

I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.

Dalai Lama
Inspirational, Believe, Contentment

A sense of contentment is crucial to being happy. Physical health, material wealth and friends contribute to this, but contentment governs our relations with them all.

Dalai Lama
Contentment, Wealth, Relation

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