Matthieu Ricard Quotes

Change your thinking, change your life.

They say that there are moments that open up your life like a walnut cracked, that change your point of view so that you never look at things the same way again.

What is needed is not a change of circumstance, but a change of consciousness.

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.

Sometimes all it takes to change a life is to decide which beliefs do not serve you and to literally change your mind about those beliefs.

You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow.

You change your life by changing your heart.

Changing your perspectives will not only transform you but also the whole world.

Change the way you think, and you are already halfway to changing the world.

Unless you become alert and aware in life, unless you change the quality of your living, you will not die consciously. And only a conscious death can bring you to a conscious birth; and then a far more conscious life opens its doors.

I am as close to changing my life as my current positive thought

Wherever you are, at whatever age, you're only a thought away from changing your life.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.

Today I no longer need to change the world around me. I just need to change the way I see it.

The crisis is not in the outward technological advancement, but rather in the way we think, and the way we live, and the way we feel. I think that is where a revolution must take place.

The only way to change is by changing your understanding.

The only way you can sustain a permanent change is to create a new way of thinking, acting, and being.

Stop trying to change your behavior; instead, rethink your beliefs

If we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviors. But if we want to make significant, quantum change, we need to work on our basic paradigms.

We must be willing to take an honest look at ourselves and step out beyond our judgmental mind. It is here that we will have a life-altering shift in perception, an opening of our heart.

It wasn't until I began to work on my inner life and know myself that my life changed. Success really does begin within. The size and quality of your outer life is only limited by the size and quality of your inner life.

It's vital to be growing through your life rather than going through your life. The object is not to change other people or situations; it's to do the inner work they stimulate.

Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It's really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.

I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of thinking, by some significant, though small event. That belief can be frightening, or exhilarating, depending on whether you just contemplate it or do something with it.