Matthieu Ricard Mind Quotations

Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.

That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.

Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of our future... If you want to know your past, look at your present circumstances. If you want to know your future, look at what is in your mind.

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.

If you want to know the future, look at what is in your mind

Isn't it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering?

We do all kinds of things to remain beautiful yet we spend surprisingly little time taking care of what matters most: the way our mind functions.