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.
JAY SHETTYBeing present is the only way to live a truly rich and full life.
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Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.
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When someone hurts you, it’s because they’re hurt. Their hurt is simply spilling over. They need help.
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Treat yourself with the same love and respect you want to show to others.
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The arrogant ego desires respect, whereas the humble worker inspires respect.
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Because the only thing that stays with you from the moment you’re born until the moment you die is your breath. All your friends, your family, the country you live in, all of that can change. The one thing that stays with you is your breath.
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Salt is so humble that when something goes wrong, it takes the blame, and when everything goes right, it doesn’t take credit.
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Criticizing someone else’s work ethic doesn’t make you work harder.
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Finally, get involved in something that’s meaningful to you—a hobby, a charity, a political cause.
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Our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.
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When we bluff our way through life, pretending to be who we are not, we end up looking worse than we truly are.
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Location has energy; time has memory. If you do something at the same time every day, it becomes easier and natural. If you do something in the same space every day, it becomes easier and natural.
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If you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.
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Strengthened my resolve.
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You are not your success or your failure.
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All things are temporary and that we can’t truly own or control anything.
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Find me someone who has gone to the darkest parts of their own character where they were so close to their own self-destruction and found a way to get up and out of it, and I will bow on my knees to you. You’re my teacher.
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When you try to live your most authentic life, some of your relationships will be put in jeopardy. Losing them is a risk worth bearing; finding a way to keep them in your life is a challenge worth taking on.
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Actually, the greatest detachment is being close to everything and not letting it consume and own you. That’s real strength.
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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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Our values are influenced by whatever absorbs our minds.
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Too often we love people who don’t love us, but we fail to return the love of others who do.
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When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time.
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Never trust a spiritual leader who cannot dance.
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You can’t be anything you want. But you can be everything you are.
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I wish is code for I don’t want to do anything differently.
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We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. And to the rest of the universe, atomically.
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