"We try to fix the outside so much,……" — Matthieu Ricard
"We try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory."
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Matthieu Ricard
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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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More Control Quotes
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
— Aristotle
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning…
— Isaac Asimov
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way…
— Bashar al-Assad
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Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.
— Margaret Atwood
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path…
— Irving Babbitt
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
— Lord Acton
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality…
— Lord Acton
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Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.…
— Michael Badnarik
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It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and…
— Red Adair
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If you want to control other people, first control yourself.
— Abu Bakr
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