"We all have the ability to study the……" — Matthieu Ricard
"We all have the ability to study the causes of suffering and gradually to free ourselves from them....it is not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage."
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55 Quotes by Matthieu Ricard
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By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not…
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Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by…
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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…
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Happiness is the main object of our aspirations, whatever name we give to it: fulfilment, deep satisfaction, serenity, accomplishment, wisdom,…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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