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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…
• Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle…
• 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…
• Happiness is the main object of our aspirations, whatever name we give to it: fulfilment, deep satisfaction, serenity, accomplishment, wisdom, fortune, joy…
• What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.
• Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.
• When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this…
• Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success
• Children, old people, vagabonds laugh easily and heartily: they have nothing to lose and hope for little. In renunciation lies a delicious…
• By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain…
• 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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