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Mind Quotes by Matthieu Ricard
- By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere pleasurable feeling, a…
- Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle understanding of how…
- The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.
- Knowledge does not mean mastering a great quantity of different information, but understanding the nature of mind. This knowledge can penetrate each one of our…
- When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail…
- By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain in return is…
- Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time. You could go from love to hate.…
- Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.
- We do all kinds of things to remain beautiful yet we spend surprisingly little time taking care of what matters most: the way our mind…
- If you want to know the future, look at what is in your mind
- Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.
- Isn't it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering?
- The mind is malleable. Our life can be greatly transformed by even a minimal change in how we manage our thoughts and perceive and interpret…
- That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.
More Mind Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle