full transcript
From the Ted Talk by Matthieu Ricard: The habits of happiness
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Which means that somehow, colssunociy or not, directly or indirectly, in the short or the long term, whatever we do, whatever we hope, whatever we dream — somehow, is related to a deep, profound desire for well-being or happiness. As pacasl said, even the one who hangs himself, somehow, is looking for cessation of suffering. He fdins no other way. But then, if you look in the literature, East and West, you can find iceirdbnle diversity of diinifoetn of happiness. Some people say, I only believed in remembering the past, imagining the future, never the preesnt. Some people say happiness is right now; it's the quality of the frnssehes of the present moment. And that led Henri Bergson, the French philosopher, to say, "All the great thinkers of humanity have left happiness in the vague so that each of them could dfenie their own terms."
Open Cloze
Which means that somehow, ___________ or not, directly or indirectly, in the short or the long term, whatever we do, whatever we hope, whatever we dream — somehow, is related to a deep, profound desire for well-being or happiness. As ______ said, even the one who hangs himself, somehow, is looking for cessation of suffering. He _____ no other way. But then, if you look in the literature, East and West, you can find __________ diversity of __________ of happiness. Some people say, I only believed in remembering the past, imagining the future, never the _______. Some people say happiness is right now; it's the quality of the _________ of the present moment. And that led Henri Bergson, the French philosopher, to say, "All the great thinkers of humanity have left happiness in the vague so that each of them could ______ their own terms."
Solution
- definition
- incredible
- freshness
- present
- consciously
- pascal
- finds
- define
Original Text
Which means that somehow, consciously or not, directly or indirectly, in the short or the long term, whatever we do, whatever we hope, whatever we dream — somehow, is related to a deep, profound desire for well-being or happiness. As Pascal said, even the one who hangs himself, somehow, is looking for cessation of suffering. He finds no other way. But then, if you look in the literature, East and West, you can find incredible diversity of definition of happiness. Some people say, I only believed in remembering the past, imagining the future, never the present. Some people say happiness is right now; it's the quality of the freshness of the present moment. And that led Henri Bergson, the French philosopher, to say, "All the great thinkers of humanity have left happiness in the vague so that each of them could define their own terms."
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
collocation |
frequency |
mind training |
5 |
french intellectuals |
2 |
mere fact |
2 |
bell curve |
2 |
left side |
2 |
Important Words
- believed
- bergson
- cessation
- consciously
- deep
- define
- definition
- desire
- diversity
- dream
- east
- find
- finds
- french
- freshness
- future
- great
- hangs
- happiness
- henri
- hope
- humanity
- imagining
- incredible
- indirectly
- led
- left
- literature
- long
- means
- moment
- pascal
- people
- philosopher
- present
- profound
- quality
- related
- remembering
- short
- suffering
- term
- terms
- thinkers
- vague
- west