--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Discovering more joy does not, I’m sorry…" description: "\"“Discovering more joy does not, I’m sorry to say,” the Archbishop added, as we began our descent, “save us from the inevitability of hardship and heart..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_joy_discovering-more-joy-does-not-i-m-sorry_747829.jpg" --- # Discovering more joy does not, I’m sorry to say,” the… ![“Discovering more joy does not, I’m sorry to say,” the Archbishop added, as we began our descent, “save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak. In fact, we may cry more easily, but we will laugh more easily, too. Perhaps we are just more alive. Yet as we discover more joy, we can face…” quote by Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_joy_discovering-more-joy-does-not-i-m-sorry_747829.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_joy_discovering-more-joy-does-not-i-m-sorry_747829.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_joy_discovering-more-joy-does-not-i-m-sorry_747829.jpg) > ““Discovering more joy does not, I’m sorry to say,” the Archbishop added, as we began our descent, “save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak. In fact, we may cry more easily, but we will laugh more easily, too. Perhaps we are just more alive. Yet as we discover more joy, we can face suffering in a way that ennobles rather than embitters. We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreak without being broken.”” [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Joy deepens emotional resilience, allowing us to experience suffering without becoming bitter. **In simple terms:** Joy makes us stronger in hardship. Key Takeaway Embrace joy to face pain nobly. Themes resilience joy humanity Mood reflective hopeful Type philosophical inspirational When to use this quote - personal growth - grief counseling - mental health - spiritual practice Key Concepts emotional intelligence stoicism Questions to Reflect On - How can you cultivate joy during tough times? - What does “hardship without becoming hard” mean to you? A Different Perspective Joy alone does not eliminate suffering; it may intensify feelings. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/joy/) ## Related quotes > [“The essence of living is discovering. Indeed, it is the joy of discovery that makes life worth the effort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vijay-krishna/the-essence-of-living-is-discovering-indeed-it-is-the-joy-of/) Vijay Krishna > [“Why are you alive? To discover joy and to share that joy with others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-sorenson/why-are-you-alive-to-discover-joy-and-to-share-that-joy-with-others/) [Toni Sorenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-sorenson/) > [“Ever since Brenna’s birth shook up everything we thought we knew, God had been reshaping and remolding my heart to discover all the joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-westlake/ever-since-brenna-s-birth-shook-up-everything-we-thought-we-knew-god/) [Courtney Westlake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-westlake/) > [We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitsugi-saotome/we-must-discover-the-joy-of-each-other-the-joy-of-challenge-the-joy/) Mitsugi Saotome > [Discover the joy of giving and you will discover the reason for living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-victor-hansen/discover-the-joy-of-giving-and-you-will-discover-the-reason-for-living/) [Mark Victor Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-victor-hansen/) > [“Nothing is worth enjoying than enjoying in doing what you know best to do. Discover yours now and have your joy at the fullest”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzoma-kelechi/nothing-is-worth-enjoying-than-enjoying-in-doing-what-you-know-best/) [Uzoma Kelechi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzoma-kelechi/) > [The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-brave-who-focus-on-all-things-good-and-all-things-beautiful-and/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Think clearly, act sensibly, commit yourself to caring and work hard in order to discover joy. Then give the images back to the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-jay/think-clearly-act-sensibly-commit-yourself-to-caring-and-work-hard-in/) [Bill Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-jay/) > [Her face is puffy and red, while painful tears stream down her sad face. She cries out loudly, hoping someone will hear her silent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/her-face-is-puffy-and-red-while-painful-tears-stream-down-her-sad/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“The Buddha was not full of shit when he said the cause of suffering could be uprooted and that you can put an end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/the-buddha-was-not-full-of-shit-when-he-said-the-cause-of-suffering/) [Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/) > [We should try our best to relieve the suffering of others in whatever way we can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mata-amritanandamayi/we-should-try-our-best-to-relieve-the-suffering-of-others-in-whatever/) [Mata Amritanandamayi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mata-amritanandamayi/) > [“all were suffering; that whatever way one took in this world, one must try to remember that all were suffering (none content; all wronged,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/all-were-suffering-that-whatever-way-one-took-in-this-world-one-must/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) > [“Jane felt that he would write from the depths of a wretchedness that would not necessarily be insincere because its outward signs were so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-pym/jane-felt-that-he-would-write-from-the-depths-of-a-wretchedness-that/) [Barbara Pym](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-pym/) > [We are closest to Christ when sharing the world’s misery. Think you Jesus came to remove our pains? Wherever did you get that notion?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-lawhead/we-are-closest-to-christ-when-sharing-the-world-s-misery-think-you/) [Stephen R. Lawhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-r-lawhead/) > [I would rather die than ever see you suffering this way. I don't want you or any child I ever have or any woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-would-rather-die-than-ever-see-you-suffering-this-way-i-don-t-want/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) ## More by Dalai Lama XIV > [This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/this-is-my-simple-religion-no-need-for-temples-no-need-for/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“Transforming the mind involves first learning to know it, then identifying how it functions so as to eliminate the three main mental poisons, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/transforming-the-mind-involves-first-learning-to-know-it-then/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“our ability to reframe our situation more positively”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/our-ability-to-reframe-our-situation-more-positively/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“The fourth and final circuit is “our ability to be generous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/the-fourth-and-final-circuit-is-our-ability-to-be-generous/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“In general, if we carefully examine any given situation in a very unbiased and honest way, we will realize that to a large extent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/in-general-if-we-carefully-examine-any-given-situation-in-a-very/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn't anything that isn't made easier through constant familiarity and training. Through training, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/no-matter-what-activity-or-practice-we-are-pursuing-there-isn-t/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“Live so when your children think of fairness and integrity they think of you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/live-so-when-your-children-think-of-fairness-and-integrity-they-think/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“It is important to consider others at least as important as ourselves. This is the essence of spirituality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/it-is-important-to-consider-others-at-least-as-important-as-ourselves/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“I maintain that Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism all hold up love as an ideal, seek to benefit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/i-maintain-that-buddhism-christianity-confucianism-hinduism-islam/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“Marriages, even the best ones—perhaps especially the best ones—are an ongoing process of spoken and unspoken forgiveness. •”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/marriages-even-the-best-ones-perhaps-especially-the-best-ones-are-an/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“You see, if there are no difficulties and you are always relaxed, then you complain more”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/you-see-if-there-are-no-difficulties-and-you-are-always-relaxed-then/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Every moment is a gift.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/it-is-not-happiness-that-makes-us-grateful-it-is-gratefulness-that/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“Joy can span from the pleasure of others’ good fortune, what Buddhists call mudita, to the pleasure in others’ misfortune, what the Germans call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/joy-can-span-from-the-pleasure-of-others-good-fortune-what-buddhists/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“If you think only of yourself, if you forget the rights and well-being of others, or, worse still, if you exploit others, ultimately you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/if-you-think-only-of-yourself-if-you-forget-the-rights-and-well-being/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) > [“It seems that scientific research reaches deeper and deeper. But it also seems that more and more people, at least scientists, are beginning to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/it-seems-that-scientific-research-reaches-deeper-and-deeper-but-it/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Explore all 206 Dalai Lama XIV quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) ## More Discovering quotes > [In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets, and lies. All my life, people have scolded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-lerner/in-discovering-books-you-became-free-to-explore-the-full-range-of/) [Betsy Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-lerner/) > [Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-h-peterson/like-a-child-exploring-the-attic-of-an-old-house-on-a-rainy-day/) [Eugene H. Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-h-peterson/) > [Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-wiesenthal/discovering-witnesses-is-just-as-important-as-catching-criminals/) [Simon Wiesenthal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-wiesenthal/) > [I think the best SF writers are very aware of what we, in the scientific community, are doing, thinking, and discovering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/i-think-the-best-sf-writers-are-very-aware-of-what-we-in-the/) [David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/) > [There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-j-wheatley/there-is-no-power-for-change-greater-than-a-community-discovering/) [Margaret J. Wheatley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-j-wheatley/) > [The future teachers I try to recruit are those show have refused to let themselves be neutered in this way, either in their private…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/the-future-teachers-i-try-to-recruit-are-those-show-have-refused-to/) [Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/) > [There are people I'll always love to listen to, and I'm always ending up discovering new songs by them, which is crazy. Like Stevie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/there-are-people-i-ll-always-love-to-listen-to-and-i-m-always-ending/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [TV is, as I'm discovering now, a marathon. You have to keep going and going and going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/tv-is-as-i-m-discovering-now-a-marathon-you-have-to-keep-going-and/) [Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/) > [ “d\] One speaks in a language one doesn't understand, uses money whose worth one does not know, and wanders down streets for the very… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/d-one-speaks-in-a-language-one-doesn-t-understand-uses-money-whose/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [We can go up or we can do down. I think generally the world is going on an upward swing. We're in a part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-harrison/we-can-go-up-or-we-can-do-down-i-think-generally-the-world-is-going/) [George Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-harrison/) > [Marx, however imperfectly he worked out the details, set himself the task of discovering the law of motion of capitalism, and if there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-robinson/marx-however-imperfectly-he-worked-out-the-details-set-himself-the/) [Joan Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-robinson/) > [“There were a lot of stressed out people in the company as we were discovering how dangerous the DeSoto Solar Farm was!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/there-were-a-lot-of-stressed-out-people-in-the-company-as-we-were/) [Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/) > [Coming to appreciate your worth can, in some cases, dramatically improve your circumstances by changing the choices you make and the actions you take.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-millman/coming-to-appreciate-your-worth-can-in-some-cases-dramatically/) [Dan Millman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-millman/) > [Melbourne, where I grew up, is one of the street art capitals of the world. Something about discovering freshly painted walls always fills me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-mitchell/melbourne-where-i-grew-up-is-one-of-the-street-art-capitals-of-the/) [Penelope Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-mitchell/) > [“It's kind of impressive...you know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/it-s-kind-of-impressive-you-know-the-idea-of-discovering-something/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) Browse all 881 Discovering quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Discovering more joy does not, I’m sorry to say,” the Archbishop added, as we began our descent, “save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak. In fact, we may cry more easily, but we will laugh more easily, too. Perhaps we are just more alive. Yet as we discover more joy, we can face suffering in a way that ennobles rather than embitters. We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreak without being broken.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dalai Lama XIV" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/discovering-more-joy-does-not-i-m-sorry-to-say-the-archbishop-added/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Discovering" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/discovering-more-joy-does-not-i-m-sorry-to-say-the-archbishop-added/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_joy_discovering-more-joy-does-not-i-m-sorry_747829.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_joy_discovering-more-joy-does-not-i-m-sorry_747829.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_joy_discovering-more-joy-does-not-i-m-sorry_747829.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Discovering more joy does not, I’m sorry to say,” the Archbishop added, as we began our descent, “save us…” — Dalai Lama XIV", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Dalai Lama XIV", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“Discovering more joy does not, I’m...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/discovering-more-joy-does-not-i-m-sorry-to-say-the-archbishop-added/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/discovering-more-joy-does-not-i-m-sorry-to-say-the-archbishop-added/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```