Criticizing someone else’s work ethic doesn’t make you work harder.
JAY SHETTYBeing present is the only way to live a truly rich and full life.
More Jay Shetty Quotes
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Pride of wealth destroys wealth, pride of strength destroys strength and in the same manner pride of knowledge destroys knowledge.
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Monks understand that routine frees your mind, but the biggest threat to that freedom is monotony. People complain about their poor memories, but I’ve heard it said that we don’t have a retention problem, we have an attention problem.
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Remember, saying whatever we want, whenever we want, however we want, is not freedom. Real freedom is not feeling the need to say these things.
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Saying whatever we want, whenever we want, however we want, is not freedom. Real freedom is not feeling the need to say these things.
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We don’t have to do everything, that we can’t do everything, that what I can’t do is someone else’s gift and responsibility. My limitations make space for the gifts of other people
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Every night when I’m falling asleep, I say to myself, I am relaxed, energized, and focused. I am calm, enthusiastic, and productive.
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Your dharma has to fill a need in the world
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Higher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
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You can’t be anything you want. But you can be everything you are.
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So people who come to this place, stay here for a while, and then continue their journey. Sounds like a hotel to me.
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Pride is the cause of the most damaging fall for the soul.
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A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.
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Tracking my fear of exam results and the other branch fears that appeared led me to the root: fearing I couldn’t make my parents happy
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Everything you do is your spiritual life.
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Live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody.
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