It is not the magnitude of the task that matters, it is the magnitude of our courage that counts.
—Matthieu Ricard
Topics: Courage
The most striking quality that humans and animals have in common is the capacity to experience suffering. Why do we still blind ourselves, now at the beginning of the twenty-first century, to the immeasurable suffering that we inflict on animals, knowing that a great part of the pain that we cause them is neither necessary nor unavoidable? Certainly we should know that there is no moral justification for inflicting needless pain and death on any being.
—Matthieu Ricard
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.
—Matthieu Ricard
Isn’t it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering?
—Matthieu Ricard
Topics: Mindsets
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