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It is in learning music that many youthful hearts learn to love.

Matthieu Ricard

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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
Bhikkhu
Geneticist
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Philosopher
Photographer
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Love
Youthful
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For a few moments, be aware of your potential for change. Whatever your present situation is, evolution and transformation are always possible. At the least, you can change your way of seeing things and then, gradually, your way of being as well.
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[You] can dramatically change [your emotions] to be more altruistic, more loving, more compassionate, more attentive, and especially to have an inner sort of confidence and strength that you know that you have the resources to deal with whatever comes your way.
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In the freshness of the present moment, past is gone, future is not yet born, and—if one remains in pure mindfulness and freedom—disturbing thoughts arise and go without leaving a trace. That is basic meditation.
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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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Placebos are like the lollipop of optimism, but we can do much better by dealing directly with the mind... And it works!
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The way you experience [pain] can change so much depending on your attitude.
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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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It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.
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The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood.
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Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.
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Whatever you train, you change your brain.
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If there is a remedy or a cure, a solution to a problem or difficulty, why worry?
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I think if your direction in life is clear and if you develop the wish to accomplish/have a fulfilled life and to contribute something to others, I think that definitely gives you such a strength to want to be alive, that that would be the best placebo.
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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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The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world or, to put it another way, to transform ourselves so we can become better human beings in order to serve others in a wiser and more efficient way. It gives your life the noblest possible meaning.
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Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts , our words, and our actions.
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The mind is malleable. Our life can be greatly transformed by even a minimal change in how we manage our thoughts and perceive and interpret the world. Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time.
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Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time. You could go from love to hate. But you cannot, at the same time - toward the same object, the same person - want to harm and want to do good.
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Peace is not weak. Standing up to a tank is harder than dropping a suicide bomb
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