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> [ If contemplation of other people's pain just increases distress, then I think we should see it in another way. If we don't center too much on ourselves, then \[we\] increase our courage and our determination to remedy the pain, not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/if-contemplation-of-other-people-s-pain-just-increases-distress-then/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

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> [The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world or, to put it another way, to transform ourselves so we can become better human beings in order to serve others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/the-ultimate-reason-for-meditating-is-to-transform-ourselves-in-order-2/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

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## More by Matthieu Ricard

> [Whatever you train, you change your brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/whatever-you-train-you-change-your-brain/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

> [“I think what everyone should be doing, before it's too late, is committing themselves to what they really want to do with their lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/i-think-what-everyone-should-be-doing-before-it-s-too-late-is/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

> [Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/happiness-is-a-state-of-inner-fulfillment-not-the-gratification-of/)

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> [At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/at-each-point-in-our-lives-we-are-at-a-crossroads-we-are-the-fruit-of/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

> [I don't often get into a bad mood, since it does not help anything and clouds my judgment, but I can certainly see that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/i-don-t-often-get-into-a-bad-mood-since-it-does-not-help-anything-and/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

> [Happiness can’t be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being and of experiencing the world—a profound fulfillment that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/happiness-can-t-be-reduced-to-a-few-agreeable-sensations-rather-it-is/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

> [Peace is not weak. Standing up to a tank is harder than dropping a suicide bomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/peace-is-not-weak-standing-up-to-a-tank-is-harder-than-dropping-a/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

> [Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/good-and-evil-exist-only-in-terms-of-the-happiness-or-suffering-they/)

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> [Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity, it is a state of being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/authentic-happiness-is-not-linked-to-an-activity-it-is-a-state-of/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

> [ When you see those in healthcare who don't get this burn-out, they are very motherly, fatherly, or loving and attentive with the patients. \[These\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/when-you-see-those-in-healthcare-who-don-t-get-this-burn-out-they-are/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

> [Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the end when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/although-the-optimist-may-be-a-little-giddy-when-foreseeing-the/)

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> [“There is a possibility for change because all emotions are fleeting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/there-is-a-possibility-for-change-because-all-emotions-are-fleeting/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

> [When faced with adverse circumstances, if you can do something, do it and there is not need to worry. If you can't do anything,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/when-faced-with-adverse-circumstances-if-you-can-do-something-do-it/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

> [“The only ‘failure’ of quantum theory is its inability to provide a natural framework for our prejudices.”1”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/the-only-failure-of-quantum-theory-is-its-inability-to-provide-a/)

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> [The mind is malleable. Our life can be greatly transformed by even a minimal change in how we manage our thoughts and perceive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/the-mind-is-malleable-our-life-can-be-greatly-transformed-by-even-a/)

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