Imagine a ship that is sinking and needs all the available power to run the pumps to drain out the rising waters.… — Matthieu Ricard Air Copy Share Image
It is in learning music that many youthful hearts learn to love. — Matthieu Ricard Education Copy Share Image
Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness:… — Matthieu Ricard Activity Copy Share Image
We all have the ability to study the causes of suffering and gradually to free ourselves from them....it is not the magnitude… — Matthieu Ricard Ability 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 All kinds Copy Share Image
You can't be at the same time a spiritual master and someone who is always angry. It doesn't work. — Matthieu Ricard Angry Copy Share Image
There is a dilemma, to reconcile three time scales: in the short term, the economy; in the middle range, global well-being generally;… — Matthieu Ricard Dilemma Copy Share Image
When you see a Tibetan doctor taking care of a patient, first of all, of course there are many wonderful medicines that… — Matthieu Ricard Care Copy Share Image
You should really stop worrying, develop the real wish to live and with a good motivation, [such as] "I have a better… — Matthieu Ricard Benefits Copy Share Image
We have known about the placebo effect for many years. This is a remarkable effect - placebo can cure 30 percent in… — Matthieu Ricard Cases 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 Change Copy Share Image
Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we… — Matthieu Ricard Empathy Copy Share Image
You're not insensitive or indifferent, but you're also not vulnerable to the upheavals that cause emotional stress because you can buffer that...… — Matthieu Ricard Balance 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 Able Copy Share Image
Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives. — Matthieu Ricard Change Copy Share Image
I think if your direction in life is clear and if you develop the wish to accomplish/have a fulfilled life and to… — Matthieu Ricard Accomplish Copy Share Image
The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood. — Matthieu Ricard Childhood 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 Able Copy Share Image
Meditation is about cultivating constructive emotions, like altruism, compassion. — Matthieu Ricard Altruism Copy Share Image
The goal of meditation is precisely to make your mind smooth and manageable so that it can be concentrated or relaxed at… — Matthieu Ricard Affliction Copy Share Image
Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success — Matthieu Ricard Buddhism Copy Share Image
Knowledge does not mean mastering a great quantity of different information, but understanding the nature of mind. This knowledge can penetrate each… — Matthieu Ricard Buddhism Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is eliminating mental confusion, eliminating hatred, jealousy, mental toxins, cravings. That's very simple and straightforward. Whether you can do it or… — Matthieu Ricard Buddhism Copy Share Image
