Dalai Lama Contentment Quotations

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.'

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.

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.

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

A sense of contentment is a key factor for attaining happiness

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