It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.
JAY SHETTYFind 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.
More Jay Shetty Quotes
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I can use my awareness of my fear as a tool to help me make decisions that are truly in line with my values and purpose.
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Your dharma has to fill a need in the world
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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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Everything you do is your spiritual life.
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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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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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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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Higher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
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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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They are forever free who renounce all selfish desires and break away from the ego cage of I, me, and mine
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Our values are influenced by whatever absorbs our minds.
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Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.
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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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A monk mind practices detachment. We realize that everything—from our houses to our families—is borrowed.
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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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