Fear makes us fiction writers.
JAY SHETTYFear makes us fiction writers.
JAY SHETTYHigher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
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.
JAY SHETTYWhatever 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.
JAY SHETTYSaying whatever we want, whenever we want, however we want, is not freedom. Real freedom is not feeling the need to say these things.
JAY SHETTYNegativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.
JAY SHETTYWe are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. And to the rest of the universe, atomically.
JAY SHETTYLive your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody.
JAY SHETTYYou can’t be anything you want. But you can be everything you are.
JAY SHETTYWhen 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.
JAY SHETTYRemember, saying whatever we want, whenever we want, however we want, is not freedom. Real freedom is not feeling the need to say these things.
JAY SHETTYWe 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
JAY SHETTYWe think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.
JAY SHETTYWhen someone hurts you, it’s because they’re hurt. Their hurt is simply spilling over. They need help.
JAY SHETTYIf you follow your bliss, he said, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else
JAY SHETTYIf you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.
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