Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.

Anyone who enjoys inner peace is no more broken by failure as he is inflated by success. He is able to fully live his experiences in the context of a vast and profound serenity, since he understands that experiences are ephemeral and that it is useless to cling to them.

Changing your attitude has a curative effect... Maybe you can go directly to a change of mind, a change of attitude.

The goal of meditation is precisely to make your mind smooth and manageable so that it can be concentrated or relaxed at will; and especially to free it from the tyranny of mental afflictions and confusion

True freedom means freeing oneself from the dictates of the ego and its accompanying emotions.

The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world.

Happiness can’t be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being and of experiencing the world—a profound fulfillment that suffuses every moment and endures despite inevitable setbacks.