“According to the philosopher Andre Comte-Sponville: The wise man has nothing left to expect or to hope for. Because he is entirely… — Matthieu Ricard Happiness Copy Share Image
Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside. — Matthieu Ricard Buddhism Copy Share Image
When you engage in compassion, and you hear a distressing sound, like someone calling for help, there is an activation in an… — Matthieu Ricard Activation Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as good and bad in an absolute sense. There is only the good and bad- the harm… — Matthieu Ricard Absolutes Copy Share Image
“Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle… — Matthieu Ricard Authentic happiness Copy Share Image
Meditation is not just blissing out under a mango tree. It completely changes your brain and therefore changes what you are. — Matthieu Ricard Brain Copy Share Image
Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers and in the one who… — Matthieu Ricard Areas Copy Share Image
What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage. — Matthieu Ricard Buddhism Copy Share Image
That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind. — Matthieu Ricard Buddhism Copy Share Image
By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain… — Matthieu Ricard Altruism Copy Share Image
Happiness is the main object of our aspirations, whatever name we give to it: fulfilment, deep satisfaction, serenity, accomplishment, wisdom, fortune, joy… — Matthieu Ricard Accomplishment Copy Share Image
We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy. — Matthieu Ricard Best friend Copy Share Image
A big part of pain is the subjective reaction of trying to revolt against pain. If it's there, it's better to deal… — Matthieu Ricard Bigs Copy Share Image
“The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.” — Matthieu Ricard Time Copy Share Image
You get [something] in your body that is the suffering or the problem, and then you [add] a second one, which is… — Matthieu Ricard Add Copy Share Image
[Some of the people I'd met] were wonderful people as human beings, and some people were more difficult. I could not see… — Matthieu Ricard Being true Copy Share Image
Various studies indicate that with age people gain more wisdom about life and are somehow happier than younger people. This is especially… — Matthieu Ricard Age 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 Behinds 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 Built Copy Share Image
We must distinguish between spirituality in general terms, which aims to make us better people, and religion. Adopting a religion remains optional,… — Matthieu Ricard Adopting Copy Share Image
Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle… — Matthieu Ricard Activity 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 Arise Copy Share Image
When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing. — Matthieu Ricard Anticipation Copy Share Image
We try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory. — Matthieu Ricard Temporary Copy Share Image
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