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#1

“We have only minimal control over the rewards for our work and effort - other people’s validation, recognition, rewards. It’s far better when doing the work itself is sufficient. When fulfilling our own internal standards is what fills us with pride and self-respect. The less attached we are to the outcomes, the better. Our ego wants recognition & compensation. We have expectations. Let the effort, not the results be enough. Maybe your parents/kids/partner/etc won’t be impressed. We can’t let THAT be what motivates us. We can change the definition of success to: ‘peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.’ With this definition we decide not to let externals determine if something is worth doing. It’s on us.”
― Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy

tags: control, ego, egoism, motivation, peace-of-mind, pride, self-respect

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#2

“Somebody once told me the definition of hell:
“On your last day on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.” — Anonymous”
― Anonymous

tags: hell, potential

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#3

“Sometimes nothing is the hardest thing to do. - Tyrrion Lannister”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: restraint, restraint-quote

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#4

“As humans we are inclined to feel that life must have a point. We have plans and aspirations and desires. We want to take constant advantage of all the intoxicating existence we've been endowed with. But what's life to a cell? Yet it's impulse to exist, to be, is every bit as strong as ours - perhaps even stronger. Life just wants to be.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

tags: aspirations, desires, existence, history, humans, impulse, life

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#5

“As we sit here, continents are adrift, like leaves on a pond. GPS tracking shows North America & Europe currently moving apart at the same rate your fingernail grows, or about two yards in a human lifetime.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

tags: adrift, continents, gps, tectonic-plates

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#6

“I understand that for beginners it isn't that easy to sit down, close your eyes, and settle into stillness. Your thoughts have gotten used to making SO MUCH NOISE! They have enjoyed too much influence over you to simply fade the first time you try.”
― Russell Simmons, Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple

tags: meditation, meditation-quotes, stillness, thoughts, yoga

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#7

“Who am I? The great inquiry indeed.”
― Yogananda Paramhansa, Autobiography of a Yogi

tags: awareness, existence, existentialism, inquiry, meaning-of-life, self, self-actualization, yoga

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#8

“True happiness lies in being compassionate and appreciating the world and our circumstances, rather than being coldhearted and greedy. We often realize too late that our favorite moments are those spent simply with the people we love. In seeing the miracles that unfold around us every day. Eventually we all come to understand that our happiness is derived from being present in the moment. Why wait until the end of your life to discover this Truth?”
― Russell Simmons, Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple

tags: appreciation, compassion, happiness, love, meditation, present-moment, present-moment-living, stillness, truth, yoga

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#9

“After my first experience via yoga, I became incredibly focused on experiencing that sense of stillness again. The stillness that reminded me that I could be a better person, a better friend, a better citizen of the world, as well as a better businessman.”
― Russell Simmons, Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple

tags: meditation, stillness, yoga

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#10

“Be like water, which is fluid & soft & yielding, as in time, water will overcome rock which is rigid & hard. Therefor, what is soft is strong.”
― Anonymous

tags: be-like-water, fluid, soft, strong, water, yielding

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#11

“To separate yourself from your weakness and look at it objectively is a very powerful thing.”
― Russell Simmons, Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple

tags: ego, objective-truth, self-reflection, stillness, weakness, yoga

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#12

“The beautiful thing about meditation is that it allows you to access that cool guy or girl inside of you that's waiting to come out. You'll be able to access the part of you that people like to be around. The part of you that feels upbeat about things. That feels like you're moving toward your goals without frustration and anxiety. That feels ecstatic to be alive! The more I meditate, the more I have these moments.”
― Russell Simmons, Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple

tags: anxiety, coolness, ecstasy, ecstasy-of-life, goals, meditation, present-moment, stillness, upbeat, yoga

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#13

“Simply put, meditation is the path to clarity, compassion, and a path of wisdom leading to the eradication of suffering.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

tags: clarity, clarity-of-thought, compassion, meditation, suffering, wisdom

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#14

“Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

tags: be, share

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#15

“Try not to be the hater. Try not to be the person who tears down someone else's work. The world needs more people who contribute their gifts and share their work and ideas. Working up the courage to do that can be tough. Support those who display that courage and vulnerability. Even if you don't enjoy their work, at least appreciate the fact that they did something. It's easy to be passive and complain. It's much harder to step into the creative arena and bring into existence something from nothing.
And nobody needs permission to create. There aren't any prerequisites to contribute to the world around you. You just need to choose to build something and follow it through, and get out of your own way (limiting beliefs / self doubt / excuses). Too many people die with great ideas inside them. Let them out!
It's all fleeting castles made of sand anyways. What do you have to lose? If you do find yourself on the receiving end of negativity, the choice is still yours to not react in anger, to accept that opinion as 1 out of 7+ billion and keep being true to yourself, as that is truly all that matters. You can either be judged because you created something or ignored because you left your greatness inside of you. Your call.”
― Adam Moskowitz

tags: contribute, creativity, gift, respond, self-doubt

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#16

“Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”
― Aristotle

tags: criticism

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#17

“Did I live? The human world is like a vast musical instrument on which we play our individual part while simultaneously listening to the compositions of others in an effort to contribute to the whole. We don't chose whether to engage, only how to; we either harmonize or create dissonance. Our words, our deeds, our very presence create and leave impressions in the minds of others just as a writer makes impressions with their words. Who you are is an unfolding narrative. You came from nothing and will return there eventually. Instead of taking ourselves so seriously all the time, we can discover the playful irony of a story that has never been told in quite this way before. -- Stephen Batchelor, Buddhism Without Beliefs”
― Stephen Batchelor

tags: creativity, dissonance, harmonize, play, playfulness, presence, unfolding

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#18

“One of the most difficult things to remember is to remember to remember. We forget that we live in a body with senses and feelings and thoughts and emotions and ideas. We get caught up in rumination and fantasy, isolating us from the world of colors, shapes, sounds, smells, tastes, and sensations constantly bombarding our input sensors. To stop and pay attention to the moment is one way of snapping out of these mindscapes, and is a definition of meditation. This awareness is a process of deepening self-acceptance. Whatever it observes, it embraces. There is nothing unworthy of acceptance.”
― Stephen Batchelor, Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening

tags: acceptance, awareness, meditation, pay-attention, remember, rumination, thoughts

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#19

“The collapsing of an empire. This changing word moves inexorably on. Thoughts bubble and the stiller the mind the more palpable the dazzling torrent of life becomes.”
― Stephen Batchelor, Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening

tags: change, collapsing, stillness, thoughts

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#20

“As you begin befriending your breath, you see immediately that unawareness is everywhere.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

tags: awareness, breath, breathing, meditation, stillness, unawareness

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#21

“Mindfulness has to do with waking up and living in harmony with oneself and with the world. It is examining who we are, constantly questioning our views of the world and our place in it, while cultivating appreciation for the fullness of each moment we are alive. It is the direct opposite of taking life for granted. It is empowering as well, because paying attention in this way opens channels to deep reservoirs of creativity, intelligence, imagination, clarity, determination, choice, and wisdom within us.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

tags: appreciation, harmony, mindfulness, paying-attention, present-moment, self-examination, waking-up, wisdom

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#22

“Meditation is the best tool for neutralizing the voice in the head. It's a muzzle for the ego. Being mindful is an innate but underused ability we all have, the act of being aware without judging. When you repeatedly go through the cycle of trying to focus on your breath, losing that focus, and noticing and returning to the practice, you are literally building your mindfulness muscle the same way dumbbell curls build your biceps. As this mind-muscle develops, you start being way more aware of thoughts, emotions, and sensations as what they really are: squirts of chemicals & hormones that enter, peak and then fade completely back to the nothingness of which they arose. In other words, mindfulness provides space between impulse and action, so you're not a slave to whatever pops into your head. You are not your thoughts. You are the awareness of them.”
― Dan Harris, 10% Happier

tags: awareness, ego, meditation, mindfulness, tool, voice-in-my-head, yoga

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#23

“Meditation has countless benefits - from better health to increased focus to a deeper sense of calm - but the biggie is the ability to respond instead of react to your impulses and urges. In meditation, instead of succumbing to deeply rooted habits of the mind like desire & aversion, you simply watch what comes up in your head non-judgementally.”
― Dan Harris, 10% Happier

tags: benefits, calm, focus, habits, meditation, non-judgmental, respond

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#24

“The brain is a pleasure seeking machine. Once you teach it, through meditation, that abiding calmly in the present moment feels better than our habitual state of clinging l, over time, the brain will want more and more mindfulness.”
― Dan Harris, 10% Happier

tags: brain, calm, meditation, pleasure, present

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#25

“Let go of your perceived control, and let the unknown turn you on.”
― Preston Smiles, Love Louder: 33 Ways to Spark Inspiration and Amplify Your Life

tags: let-go, release, unknown

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#26

“We all have an innate feeling of being separate from the world, peering out at life from behind our own little self. But how can we truly be separate from the same world that created us? You can no more disconnect from the universe and it's inhabitants than a wave can extricate itself from the ocean.”
― Dan Harris, 10% Happier

tags: awareness, ocean, self, self-awareness, separation, universe, wave

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#27

“Imagine a world where people were 10% happier and less reactive. Marriage, parenting, road rage, politics - all would be improved upon. Public health revolutions can happen rapidly. Most Americans didn't brush their teeth until after world war 2 after soldiers were demanded to maintain oral hygiene. Exercise didn't get popular until science proved its benefits. Mindfulness, I had come to believe, could, in fact, change the world.”
― Dan Harris, 10% Happier

tags: change-the-world, happiness, meditation, mindfulness, public-health, revolution

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#28

“Science experiments have found that people who practice meditation release significantly lower doses of cortisol, known as the stress hormone. This is consequential because frequent release of cortisol can lead to heart disease, diabetes, dementia, cancer, and depression.”
― Dan Harris, 10% Happier

tags: cancer, cortisol, dementia, depression, diabetes, health, heart-disease, hormone, stress

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#29

“Be the dolphin! Have you ever noticed people go fishing every single day and they come home with all kinds of fish but never catch a dolphin. Why not?? It's simple really: They don't bite the bait! The bait I'm referring to is the phenomena in our days- sights, sounds, smells, situations- each throws us a hook. Are you like the fish that bites every time- reacting to phenomena instead of responding- or are you the dolphin who averts biting the bait, doesn't attach itself to every hook thrown, and therefor swims freely. If you are like the fish, try being the dolphin for just one situation- Identify one drama and where you would normally bite, don't, just let it be. This is mindfulness in action.”
― Adam Moskowitz

tags: attachment, awareness, meditation, mindfulness, self-awareness

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#30

“The route of true happiness, the Buddha argued, was to achieve a visceral understanding of impermanence, which would take you off the emotional roller coaster and allow you to see your dramas and desires through a wider lens. To truly tame the 'monkey mind' and defeat our habitual tendency toward clinging, meditation was the prescription, and sitting and actively facing the 'voice in your head' mindfully for a few minutes a day might be the hardest thing you'll ever do. Accept that challenge and improve your life drastically. It's about mitigation, not alleviation. It's that simple. The only way out is through.”
― Dan Harris, 10% Happier

tags: clinging, happiness, impermanence, meditation, mitigation, monkey-mind, voice-in-my-head

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