Matthieu Ricard Quotes

And if I can take part in it by transforming my own consciousness, then someone else's, I'm happy to do it.

What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.

Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed.

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.

A dispassionate white sun shone at the summit of the sky. I wanted to hone myself on it till I grew saintly and thin and essential as the blade of a knife.

The transformation of the world is brought about by the transformation of oneself.

In order to change the world, I guess a person would have to really get his head together first before he can say anything to the world, to change it.

There is no greater magic than meditation. To transform the negative into the positive. To transform darkness into light-that is the miracle of meditation.

Spiritually, it's always there. It gets better and better all the time. One of these days I'll just finally release all that out.

Prayer enables us to transform the world because it transforms us.

The interesting thing that happens for many people when they first start meditating is that they'll be doing it for a few months, and they will begin to change, but the experience is so subtle that they're not even aware of it.

The way to develop inner peace through meditation begins with the recognition that the destroyer of inner peace is not some external foe, but is within us. Therefore, the solution is within us too. However, that inner change does not take place immediately in the way that we switch on a light, but takes weeks, months and years.

Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more disciplined into the process, you'll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.

I just refer to myself as being Spirit, Mind and Body like everybody else and working toward the mastery of my natural divinity and the healing of my emotional mind.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

The purpose of meditation is personal transformation.

The great solution to all human problems is individual inner transformation.

Meditate Silently. You will be able to create a totally new life for yourself.

If we want to save the world, we must have a plan. But no plan will work unless we meditate.

Overcoming negative tendencies and enhancing positive potential are the very essence of the spiritual path.

I think meditation has been the single biggest reason for whatever success Ive had

Do you want to change the world? Then change yourself first. Do you want to change yourself? Then remain completely silent inside the silence-sea.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.

True progress comes not through action, but through awakening.