Jim Maroon
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10% Happier
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This science challenges the common assumption that our levels of happiness, resilience, and kindness are set from birth.
“An interviewer once asked Mother Teresa what she says to God when she prays. “I don’t say anything,” she replied. “I just listen.” Then the interviewer asked her what God says to her. “He doesn’t say anything,” said Mother Teresa. “He just listens. And if you don’t understand that, I can’t explain it to you.”
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
― You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
“That’s why the Blue Zones Project was so valuable. It shifted the focus to the environment, to making it easier to obtain healthy foods and to stay active.”
― The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People
― The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People
“There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.”
― The Thirteenth Tale
― The Thirteenth Tale
“suffering arises from craving; the only way to be fully liberated from suffering is to be fully liberated from craving; and the only way to be liberated from craving is to train the mind to experience reality as it is. This”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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