Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things. — Matthieu Ricard Desire 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
You should really stop worrying, develop the real wish to live and with a good motivation, [such as] "I have a better… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
No change occurs if we just let our habitual tendencies and automatic patterns of thought perpetuate and even reinforce themselves, thought after… — 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
Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity… — 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 Change 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
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 Copy Share Image
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