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Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time. You could go from love to hate. But you cannot, at the same time - toward the same object, the same person - want to harm and want to do good.

— Matthieu Ricard

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not so latent by fears or projections into the future, or old habits, and then I can actually stir loving-kindness or compassion in skills training too, which can be sort of provocative, I found.

— Sharon Salzberg

Cognitive therapy is based on the idea that when you change the way you think, you can change the way you feel and behave. In other words, if we can learn to think about other people in a more positive and realistic way, it will be far easier to resolve conflicts and develop rewarding personal and professional relationships.

— David D. Burns

But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.

— Vanessa Mae

The trained mind is a rich mind.

— Robert Kiyosaki

The mind is just another muscle.

— Ted Turner

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.

— Fay Weldon

I never will have peace of mind. I'm not constructed that way. Some things in life can be horrible.

— Julie Christie

There is no single way to train, or do anything well. You have to keep thinking, keep doing things.

— Alexander Dale Oen

I want to know how the mind works.

— John O'Keefe

✗Opposing Perspectives

You can't control your mind. Why would you want to?

— David Duchovny