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Matthieu Ricard

“Invisible suffering is the hardest to distinguish because it stems from the blindness of our own minds, where it remains so long as we are in the grip of ignorance and selfishness. Our confusion, born of a lack of judgment and wisdom, blinds us to what we must do and avoid doing to ensure that our thoughts, our words, and our actions engender happiness and not suffering. This confusion and the tendencies associated with it drive us to reenact again and again the behavior that lies at the source of our pain. If we want to counteract this harmful misjudgment, we have to awaken from the dream of ignorance and learn to identify the very subtle ways in which happiness and suffering are generated.”

Matthieu Ricard, Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
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Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill by Matthieu Ricard
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