Matthieu Ricard quotes - page 3

To grant forgiveness to someone who has truly changed is not a way of condoning or forgetting his or her past crimes, but of acknowledging whom he or she has become. (Matthieu Ricard)
I don't often get into a bad mood, since it does not help anything and clouds my judgment, but I can certainly see that sometimes things go terribly wrong. We need to understand the reasons for this and work towards building new conditions that will bring about better circumstances. View quote
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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 or inner peace, and however we try to seek it: creativity, justice, altruism, striving, completion of a plan or a piece of work. View quote
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We cannot study everything at the same time. View quote
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Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts, our words, and our actions. View quote
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Changing your attitude has a curative effect... Maybe you can go directly to a change of mind, a change of attitude. View quote
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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 understanding of how the mind functions. View quote
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You're not insensitive or indifferent, but you're also not vulnerable to the upheavals that cause emotional stress because you can buffer that... So that's the result of meditation; you could call that emotional balance. View quote
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If you don't have altruism, inner strength, inner peace, attention, then it's a trauma. It makes a difficult life for you and for others. View quote
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Just be free, and at least you will go through adversity with a stronger mind, and therefore, you'll be less affected, and pain will affect you less. View quote
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Meditation is about cultivating constructive emotions, like altruism, compassion. (Matthieu Ricard)
You can't be at the same time a spiritual master and someone who is always angry. It doesn't work. View quote
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Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others. View quote
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Placebos are like the lollipop of optimism, but we can do much better by dealing directly with the mind... And it works! View quote
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It is in learning music that many youthful hearts learn to love. View quote
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