“I think what everyone should be doing, before it's too late, is committing themselves to what they really want to do with… — Matthieu Ricard Too late Copy Share Image
Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things. — Matthieu Ricard Desire 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… — Matthieu Ricard Architect 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… — Matthieu Ricard Bad mood 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… — Matthieu Ricard Despite Copy Share Image
Peace is not weak. Standing up to a tank is harder than dropping a suicide bomb — Matthieu Ricard Bombs Copy Share Image
Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others — Matthieu Ricard Evil Copy Share Image
Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity, it is a state of being. — Matthieu Ricard Activity 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… — Matthieu Ricard Burn out 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… — Matthieu Ricard Action Copy Share Image
“There is a possibility for change because all emotions are fleeting.” — Matthieu Ricard Change Copy Share Image
When faced with adverse circumstances, if you can do something, do it and there is not need to worry. If you can't… — Matthieu Ricard Abuse Copy Share Image
“The only ‘failure’ of quantum theory is its inability to provide a natural framework for our prejudices.”1” — Matthieu Ricard Failure Copy Share Image
The mind is malleable. Our life can be greatly transformed by even a minimal change in how we manage our thoughts and… — Matthieu Ricard Change Copy Share Image
Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time. You could go from… — Matthieu Ricard Brain 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 Huge Copy Share Image
If you see the humanity in the world, grains of sand that bring everything to a halt - corruption, clashes of egos,… — Matthieu Ricard Blind Copy Share Image
The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world. — Matthieu Ricard Able Copy Share Image
To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy. — Matthieu Ricard Essentials Copy Share Image
“We can move gradually from total confusion, dominated by hatred and other mental poisons, to an intermediate stage of serenity, altruistic joy,… — Matthieu Ricard Buddhism Copy Share Image
Children, old people, vagabonds laugh easily and heartily: they have nothing to lose and hope for little. In renunciation lies a delicious… — Matthieu Ricard Buddhism Copy Share Image
Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be… — Matthieu Ricard Altruism Copy Share Image
Just be free, and at least you will go through adversity with a stronger mind, and therefore, you'll be less affected, and… — Matthieu Ricard Adversity Copy Share Image
