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[Happiness] dependent on sensory stimulation, is by its nature fragile and transient. Such pleasures last only so long as the sensory stimulation, and when this is over, they make no lasting contribution to our overall sense of well-being.
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When we speak about happiness, we are often mixing up two quite different and largely independent states - two levels of satisfaction. On the one hand, there are those pleasurable feelings which come with sensory-level experiences. On the other hand, there is a deeper level of satisfaction, deriving not from external stimuli but from our own mental state.
Dalai Lama
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