Actually, the greatest detachment is being close to everything and not letting it consume and own you. That’s real strength.
JAY SHETTYWhen you’re brushing, just brush. When you’re showering, just shower.
More Jay Shetty Quotes
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Your dharma has to fill a need in the world
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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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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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But when we look for the good in others, we start to see the best in ourselves too.
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Live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody.
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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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Don’t judge the moment.
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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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Yesterday is but a dream. Tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
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Our 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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Higher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
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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 the fear of staying the same outweighs the fear of change, that is when we change
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