“When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present.”
― 10% Happier
― 10% Happier
“Your demons may have been ejected from the building, but they’re out in the parking lot, doing push-ups.”)”
― 10% Happier
― 10% Happier
“What mindfulness does is create some space in your head so you can, as the Buddhists say, “respond” rather than simply “react.” In the Buddhist view, you can’t control what comes up in your head; it all arises out of a mysterious void. We spend a lot of time judging ourselves harshly for feelings that we had no role in summoning. The only thing you can control is how you handle it.”
― 10% Happier
― 10% Happier
“pursuit of happiness becomes the source of our unhappiness.”
― 10% Happier
― 10% Happier
“It is the quality of one's convictions that determines success, not the number of followers”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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