The arrogant ego desires respect, whereas the humble worker inspires respect.
JAY SHETTYMonks 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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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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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
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Strengthened my resolve.
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What’s on your news feed is feeding your mind.
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Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps, and whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.
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If you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.
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Sometimes we can trace our fears through the actions we take, and sometimes it’s the actions we’re reluctant to take
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Pride is the cause of the most damaging fall for the soul.
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To walk down the same old path and find a new stone is to open your mind.
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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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Finally, get involved in something that’s meaningful to you—a hobby, a charity, a political cause.
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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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Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.
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We can’t stop our parents from dying, but we use the fear to remind us to spend more time with them.
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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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Fear makes us fiction writers.
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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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It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.
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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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When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life
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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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Don’t judge the moment.
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Most of our communication is nonverbal.
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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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We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. And to the rest of the universe, atomically.
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Your dharma has to fill a need in the world
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