Fait-divers on happiness

Happiness is a sense of clarity where you forget yourself, lose track of time, and feel like you’re part of something larger.

Fait-divers by Matthieu Ricard on happiness

"To Ricard, the answer comes down to altruism. The reason is that, thinking about yourself and how to make things better for yourself all the time is exhausting and stressful, and it ultimately leads to unhappiness. "It's not the moral ground," Ricard says. "It's simply that me, me, me all day long is very stuffy. And it's quite miserable, because you instrumentalize the whole world as a threat, or as a potential sort of interest [to yourself]." If you want to be happy, Ricard says you should strive to be "benevolent," which will not only make you feel better but also make others like you more."

Fait-divers on happiness

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

Fait-divers on pessimism and happiness

Pessimists are happy because they don't expect to be.

Fait-divers on happiness

Suffering was temporary until we started trying to make happiness permanent.

Fait-divers on happiness, depression and sadness

The difference between happiness, sadness and depression? Happy people look sad, sad people look depressed, and depressed people look happy.

Fait-divers on happiness

Happiness doesn't require an activity just like boredom doesn't require the absence of activity.

Fait-divers on Matthieu Ricard and happiness

“Selfish happiness doesn’t exist” says the happiest man on Earth.