The Book of Joy. The Sunday Times Bestseller

The more we turn toward others, the more joy we experience, and the more joy we experience, the more we can bring joy to others.

now, when I meet people, I do it on a human-to-human level, no need for formality. I

When you are grateful, you act out of a sense of enough and not out of a sense of scarcity, and you are willing to share.

Research suggests that cultivating your own joy and happiness has benefits not just for you, but also for others in your life.

The things that divide us (our ethnicity, our race, our nationality, even our gender) are much less significant than the things that unite us: our common humanity, our human emotions, and our fundamental desire to be happy and avoid suffering.

Generosity was so important for our survival that the reward centers of our brain light up as strongly when we give as when we receive, sometimes even more

When anger develops, think, what is the cause? And then also think, what will be the result of my anger, my angry face, or my shouting? Then you will realize that anger is not helpful.”

Brother David Steindl-Rast, a Catholic Benedictine monk and scholar who spent a great deal of time in Christian–Buddhist interfaith dialogue, has explained, “It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Every moment is a gift. There is no certainty that you will have another moment, with all the opportunity th

Psychologist Kristin Neff has identified ways to express self-compassion: