33 quotes found
“It was my letting go that gave me a better hold.”
“The most fulfilled among us are those who serve others.”
“Our most valuable victories are those which go without praise.”
“The more we have outside ourselves the harder it is to get inside ourselves.”
“You are the space in which these thoughts arise, but not the thoughts themselves.”
“Our social contract is becoming an exchange of free thought for mindless stimuli.”
“I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential by serving others through mediums we are most passionate.”
“When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression of your strength, it tends to no longer be a weakness.”
“Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.”
“When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth.”
“In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn.”
“We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.”
“This is what it means to be mindful. To watch the thoughts as they come and go without judgment while completely accepting what arises in the present moment.”
“For many of us, especially being so fortunate to live in a first-world country, the vast majority of pain we experience is due to the seriousness with which we identify with our thoughts.”
“Language has created a barrier that prevents us from seeing existence as it truly is.”
“The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance.”
“The very fact that you can observe this thinking mind is proof that you are not this thinking mind.”
“Constantly re-evaluating your purpose is the best way to ensure that you are pursuing the goals of who you are and not who you used to be.”
“Everyone, no matter how historically famous or modernly praised, has no idea about the ultimate truth of what it means to be human.”
“He plays the same game, but for the first time in his life he is truly playing, rather than working, being a human, and this is a vast distinction realized by few.”
“If somethings existence is contingent upon the existence of another entity, can we truthfully call them separate beings?”
“A life of joy awaits the man who sits alone quietly in a room and determines what he himself believes rather than simply adopting the values of another.”
“It is important to realize that we so often define ourselves by what is in opposition to ourselves.”
“This constant mental diatribe and the frustrations, worries, insecurities and muscular tension that ensues are the self.”
