Most people don’t have a very clear idea of what happiness is, and consequently find themselves creating conditions that lead them back to the dissastifaction they so desperately seek to eliminate. That being the case, it would be a good idea to look at happiness, unhappiness, and their underlying causes a bit more closely.

Mingyur Rinpoche

from the book The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness

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Further quotes from the book The Joy of Living:

• What Buddhists mean by happiness
• Just observe it
• Setting the tone for your entire day
• Your mind just as it is
• Importance of the motivation
• Being diligent
• The best part of all
• Recognizing the inherent potential of your mind
• Oh, this is how my mind works
• Trying to do your best
• Neither rejecting nor accepting
• Nothing more than the natural function of the mind
• Thinking of yourself as limited
• The practice of simply observing
• Meditation on compassion
• Essentially good
• An experience of absolute well-being
• The need to look at the mind
• Never disturbed
• Becoming aware