Our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.
JAY SHETTYOur values are influenced by whatever absorbs our minds.
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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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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 you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life.
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Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.
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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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Be here now.
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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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We think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.
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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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A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.
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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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You don’t get to be a jerk just because you’re skilled.
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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
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No matter how much we grow, we are never free of daily chores and routines, but to be enlightened is to embrace them. The outside may look the same, but inside you are transformed.
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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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