Isn't it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering? — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Confidence is closely linked to how well our perceptions match reality — Matthieu Ricard Confidence Copy Share Image
Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity, it is a state of being. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
The way you experience [pain] can change so much depending on your attitude. — Matthieu Ricard Attitude Copy Share Image
“There is a possibility for change because all emotions are fleeting.” — Matthieu Ricard Change 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
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
I was born in France. My father was a renowned French philosopher and journalist, and my mother was a painter. So I… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Worries are pointless. If there's a solution, there's no need to worry. If no solution exists, there's no point to worry. — Matthieu Ricard Anxiety Copy Share Image
Changing your attitude has a curative effect... Maybe you can go directly to a change of mind, a change of attitude. — Matthieu Ricard Attitude 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
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
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
For a few moments, be aware of your potential for change. Whatever your present situation is, evolution and transformation are always possible.… — Matthieu Ricard Change 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 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
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
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 Climate Copy Share Image
In the freshness of the present moment, past is gone, future is not yet born, and—if one remains in pure mindfulness and… — 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… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Anyone who enjoys inner peace is no more broken by failure as he is inflated by success. He is able to fully… — Matthieu Ricard 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 Copy Share Image
We deal with our mind from morning until evening. This mind can be our best friend or our worst enemy. We should… — 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
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
You get [something] in your body that is the suffering or the problem, and then you [add] a second one, which is… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable. — Matthieu Ricard 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
Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success — Matthieu Ricard Buddhism 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
“May every moment of my life and of the lives of others be one of wisdom, flourishing, and inner peace!” — Matthieu Ricard Every moment 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
Too much involvement with one's feeling [is destructive]. If they have too much self-centered feelings, they get in trouble. — Matthieu Ricard 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
We have known about the placebo effect for many years. This is a remarkable effect - placebo can cure 30 percent in… — Matthieu Ricard 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
Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts , our words, and our actions. — Matthieu Ricard Action 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
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