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By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere…
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Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle…
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The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.
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Knowledge does not mean mastering a great quantity of different information, but understanding the nature of mind. This knowledge can penetrate each…
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Happiness is the main object of our aspirations, whatever name we give to it: fulfilment, deep satisfaction, serenity, accomplishment, wisdom, fortune, joy…
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What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.
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Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.
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When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this…
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Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success
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Children, old people, vagabonds laugh easily and heartily: they have nothing to lose and hope for little. In renunciation lies a delicious…
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By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain…
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Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity…
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One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.
— Dalai Lama
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We cannot hope to die peacefully if our lives have been full of violence, or if our minds have mostly been agitated…
— Dalai Lama
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Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.
— Matthieu Ricard
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It's a lucky man, a very lucky man, who is committed to what he believes, who has stifled intellectual detachment and can…
— Alexander Pushkin
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Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that…
— Gretchen Rubin
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We all want to live a happy life and have a right to do so, whether through work or spiritual practice. I'm…
— Dalai Lama
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Dreams can twist your emotions like no reality can.
— Neal Shusterman
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Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness. We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love,…
— Sam Harris
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Just the sound of his voice twists my stomach into a knot of unpleasant emotions like guilt, sadness and fear. And longing.…
— Suzanne Collins
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You wear nice clothes, you seek respect, you make a lot of money, but what's the point? It's all pointless. Of course,…
— Koushun Takami
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Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't know, I've…
— Adrian Lyne
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Dogmatic religion has been used to fantastic effect over thousands of years to fuel and exploit emotions like fear and guilt, and…
— David Icke
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