Happiness can’t be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being and of experiencing the world—a profound… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
In a way, there's nothing wrong with playing the piano, but it's not a huge trauma if you don't. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Happiness is the result of inner maturity. It depends on us alone, and requires patient work, carried out from day to day.… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
To grant forgiveness to someone who has truly changed is not a way of condoning or forgetting his or her past crimes,… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
The way you experience [pain] can change so much depending on your attitude. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
[You] can dramatically change [your emotions] to be more altruistic, more loving, more compassionate, more attentive, and especially to have an inner… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Meditation gives you more inner strength and confidence, and if you don't feel vulnerable, you can put that to the service of… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
If contemplation of other people's pain just increases distress, then I think we should see it in another way. If we don't… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Happiness is not the endless pursuit of pleasant experiences - that sounds more like a recipe for exhaustion - but a way… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
We do all kinds of things to remain beautiful yet we spend surprisingly little time taking care of what matters most: the… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
While it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Genuine fearlessness arises with the confidence that we will be able to gather the inner resources to deal with any situation that… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world or, to put… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
If we dedicate a certain amount of time each day to cultivating compassion or any other positive quality, we are likely to… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
For a few moments, be aware of your potential for change. Whatever your present situation is, evolution and transformation are always possible.… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“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.” — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
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… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
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… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Peace is not weak. Standing up to a tank is harder than dropping a suicide bomb — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity, it is a state of being. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
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]… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the end when… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“There is a possibility for change because all emotions are fleeting.” — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
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