There is a Tibetan saying that wisdom is like rainwater—both gather in the low places.

There are going to be frustrations in life. The question is not: How do I escape? It is: How can I use this as something positive?

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.

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

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

“If you really feel a sense of concern for the well-being of others, then trust will come.

stress is simply the brain’s way of signaling that something is important.

The goal is not just to create joy for ourselves but, as the Archbishop poetically phrased it, “to be a reservoir of joy, an oasis of peace, a pool of serenity that can ripple out to all those around you.”

We people who care must be attractive, must be filled with joy, so that others recognize that caring, that helping and being generous are not a burden, they are a joy. Give the world your love, your service, your healing, but you can also give it your joy. This, too, is a great gift.”