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The way you experience [pain] can change so much depending on your attitude.

Matthieu Ricard

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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
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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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[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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It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.
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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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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 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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When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.
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The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood.
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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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It is in learning music that many youthful hearts learn to love.
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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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There is definitely openness to others' suffering that is dealt not with distress but with compassion.
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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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Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.
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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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Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives.
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To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy.
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