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The mind is malleable. Our li...

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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Whatever you train, you chang...

Whatever you train, you change your brain.

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Although the optimist may be ...

Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the end when that isn't always the case, his attitude is more fruitful since, in the hope of undertaking a hundred projects, followed up by diligent action, the optimist will end up completing fifty. Conversely, in limiting himself to undertake a mere ten, the pessimist might complete five at best and often fewer, since he'll devote little energy to a task he feels to be doomed from the start.

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Confidence is closely linked ...

Confidence is closely linked to how well our perceptions match reality

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Meditation gives you more inn...

Meditation gives you more inner strength and confidence, and if you don't feel vulnerable, you can put that to the service of others. So it's not just about sitting and cultivating caring mindfulness. It's building up a way of being and then using it for the service of others.

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A big part of pain is the sub...

A big part of pain is the subjective reaction of trying to revolt against pain. If it's there, it's better to deal with it. Most of it is "I cannot stand it," and that component is enhancing pain so much.

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[You] can dramatically change...

[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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Various studies indicate that...

Various studies indicate that with age people gain more wisdom about life and are somehow happier than younger people. This is especially true if, as we age, we learn how to become more generous, altruistic, and peaceful.

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We try to fix the outside so ...

We try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory.

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It is in learning music that ...

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

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There is no such thing as goo...

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 a dilemma, to reconc...

There is a dilemma, to reconcile three time scales: in the short term, the economy; in the middle range, global well-being generally; and, in the long range, the environment.

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Wisdom and compassion should ...

Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts , our words, and our actions.

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Placebos are like the lollipo...

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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If there is a remedy or a cur...

If there is a remedy or a cure, a solution to a problem or difficulty, why worry?

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If you don't have altruism, i...

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.

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Good and evil exist only in t...

Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others

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Changing your attitude has a ...

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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Too much involvement with one...

Too much involvement with one's feeling [is destructive]. If they have too much self-centered feelings, they get in trouble.

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[Some of the people I'd met] ...

[Some of the people I'd met] were wonderful people as human beings, and some people were more difficult. I could not see a correlation between their particular genius in playing chess and music and mathematics, etc. ... with human qualities. Some were really good, wonderful people, and some were difficult characters, but there was no clear correlation. But when I met some spiritual masters, [I thought that] there had to be a correlation, and it turned out to be true.

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