Jay Shetty Quotes

We think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.
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Deep Equality Happiness Ideas Illusion Philosophy Success Thinking
A monk mind practices detachment. We realize that everything—from our houses to our families—is borrowed.
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Deep Detachment Family Home Mindset Ourselves Practice Wisdom
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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Character Darkness Destruction Myself Teacher Yourself
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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Born Breathe Change Country Death Family Friendship Live Moments Stay Yourself
The more we define ourselves in relation to the people around us, the more lost we are.
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Deep Lost Ourselves People Philosophy Relationship
If you follow your bliss, he said, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else
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Happiness Inspirational Open Yourself
We say things to ourselves that we would never say to people we love
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Love People Talk
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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Failure Love People Return
What’s on your news feed is feeding your mind.
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Consumption Feed Mindset Yourself
Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally—it is usually not about you.
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Choice Ego Ignorance Personal Story Time Yourself
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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Journey Myself Place Sound Stay
Most of our communication is nonverbal.
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Communication Mental Ourselves Talk
It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
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Better Destiny Imitation Imperfection Live Perfection
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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Calm Energy Enthusiasm Focus Myself Night Production Relax Sleep
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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Attention Boredom Complaint Freedom Memories Mindset People Poor Problem Understand
Never trust a spiritual leader who cannot dance.
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Dance Leadership Spiritual Trust
Actually, the greatest detachment is being close to everything and not letting it consume and own you. That’s real strength.
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Attachment Deep Greatness Reality Strength Wisdom Yourself
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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Action Deep Fear Ourselves Wisdom
Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.
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Comparison Complaint Criticize Mindset
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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Death Fear Ourselves Parents Stop Time
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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Appearance Fear Happiness Myself Parents Result Root
Your dharma has to fill a need in the world
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Fulfill Need Religion World
You don’t get to be a jerk just because you’re skilled.
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Character Skill Yourself
Our values are influenced by whatever absorbs our minds.
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Influence Mindset Ourselves Value
I am happy about who I am becoming. I am open to all opportunities and possibilities. I am worthy of real love. I am ready to serve with all I have.
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Happiness Love Myself Open Opportunity Reality Serve Worth
Life’s too short to live without purpose, to lose our chance to serve, to let our dreams and aspirations die with us.
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Aspiration Death Dreams Life Live Lose Ourselves Purpose Service Short
Our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.
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Feeling Ourselves Philosophy Search Thinking

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