“You can't change the people around you, but you can change the people around you.”
― Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists
― Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists
“Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future, that he does not enjoy the present moment. As a result, he does not live in the present or the future, he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never truly lived.” —The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprises him the most”
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“The first jump—that’s the most difficult part. Because you’ll always have some people who say things like, ‘Why would you do that?’ or ‘How can you do that?’ or ‘If you could do that thing you want to do—write that novel or become an entrepreneur or travel the world or whatever—then everyone would be doing it.’ It’s important to remember that these naysayers are just projecting. It’s that ingrained fear we all have, a natural instinct. We tend to be afraid of bucking the status quo. But when you do take that first jump, it actually becomes terrifying to do ‘normal’ things, because you realize what a risk it is to give up your entire life just to be normal.”
― Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists
― Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists
“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging!” —Will Rogers”
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“Addition by subtraction.”
― Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists
― Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists
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