Be here now.
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.
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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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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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If you follow your bliss, he said, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else
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Being present is the only way to live a truly rich and full life.
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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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You are who you are when no one is watching.
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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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When the fear of staying the same outweighs the fear of change, that is when we change
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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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Revenge is the mode of ignorancev-vit’s often said that you can’t fix yourself by breaking someone else.
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Treat yourself with the same love and respect you want to show to others.
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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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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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Criticizing someone else’s work ethic doesn’t make you work harder.
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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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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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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 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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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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When someone hurts you, it’s because they’re hurt. Their hurt is simply spilling over. They need help.
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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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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 search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.
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You can’t be anything you want. But you can be everything you are.
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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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