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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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It is in learning music that ...

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

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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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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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When you see those in healthc...

When you see those in healthcare who don't get this burn-out, they are very motherly, fatherly, or loving and attentive with the patients. [These] wonderful caretakers, doctors, and nurses don't get as much burn-out as people who are more defensive of the feelings and suffering of others.

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By breaking down our sense of...

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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Nothing goes right on the out...

Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.

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To love oneself is to love li...

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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If we dedicate a certain amou...

If we dedicate a certain amount of time each day to cultivating compassion or any other positive quality, we are likely to attain results, just like when we train the body... Meditation consists of familiarizing ourselves with a new way of being, of managing our thoughts and the way we perceive the world. Through the recent advances in neuroscience it is now possible to evaluate these methods and to verify their impact on the brain and body.

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Knowledge does not mean maste...

Knowledge does not mean mastering a great quantity of different information, but understanding the nature of mind. This knowledge can penetrate each one of our thoughts and illuminate each one of our perceptions.

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Transform our way of perceivi...

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

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If contemplation of other peo...

If contemplation of other people's pain just increases distress, then I think we should see it in another way. If we don't center too much on ourselves, then [we] increase our courage and our determination to remedy the pain, not our distress. If we have unconditional compassion, then it increases our courage. So that's the difference, self-centered motivation versus altruistic motivation.

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When hearing a door creak, th...

When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.

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Happiness is a skill, emotion...

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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Worries are pointless. If the...

Worries are pointless. If there's a solution, there's no need to worry. If no solution exists, there's no point to worry.

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The Dalai Lama has been extre...

The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood.

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What counts is not the enormi...

What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.

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Authentic happiness is not li...

Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle understanding of how the mind functions.

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In the freshness of the prese...

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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When faced with adverse circu...

When faced with adverse circumstances, if you can do something, do it and there is not need to worry. If you can't do anything, then there is no point to worry. So in either case, worrying is an added suffering. But this does not mean of course that we should not be unhappy about injustice, abuse and other kinds of behavior that brings suffering upon others.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....