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Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives.

Matthieu Ricard

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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
Bhikkhu
Geneticist
Monk
Philosopher
Photographer
Translator
Writer
Way
Things
Perceiving
Transform
Quality
Lives

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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 we gain in return is freedom, openness of mind, spontaneity, simplicity, altruism: all qualities inherent in happiness.
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Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.
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While it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.
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I got really involved in science research and the science of meditation.
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We have known about the placebo effect for many years. This is a remarkable effect - placebo can cure 30 percent in many cases.
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When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.
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It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.
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Anyone can be happy by simply training their brain.
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We must distinguish between spirituality in general terms, which aims to make us better people, and religion. Adopting a religion remains optional, but becoming a better human being is essential.
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We vastly underestimate the power of transformation of mind.
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Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.
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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.
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Peace is not weak. Standing up to a tank is harder than dropping a suicide bomb
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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.
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Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be developed. That's what education is about.
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There is no such thing as good and bad in an absolute sense. There is only the good and bad- the harm in terms of happiness and suffering- that our thoughts and our actions do to ourselves and others.
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There is definitely openness to others' suffering that is dealt not with distress but with compassion.
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The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world.
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It is in learning music that many youthful hearts learn to love.
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The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood.
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