"So the first step in seeking happiness..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
So the first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to us and how positive emotions are helpful.
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“The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.”
“Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day.”
“Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so when the provocation is extreme. For it is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.”
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“In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.”
“There should be no element of slavery in learning. Enforced exercise does no harm to the body, but enforced learning will not stay in the mind. So avoid compulsion, and let your children's lessons take the form of play.”
“Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.”