Isn't it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering?

Confidence is closely linked to how well our perceptions match reality

Placebos are like the lollipop of optimism, but we can do much better by dealing directly with the mind... And it works!

You're not insensitive or indifferent, but you're also not vulnerable to the upheavals that cause emotional stress because you can buffer that... So that's the result of meditation; you could call that emotional balance.

We all have the ability to study the causes of suffering and gradually to free ourselves from them....it is not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.

Whatever you train, you change your brain.

Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment.