“These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time." Faukman's eyes went wide. "Don't tell me Harry Potter is actually about the Holy Grail.""I was referring to the Bible."Faukman cringed. "I knew that.”
―
Dan Brown,
The Da Vinci Code
“Make the present moment your friend rather than your enemy. Because many people live habitually as if the present moment were an obstacle that they need to overcome in order to get to the next moment. And imagine living your whole life like that, where always this moment is never quite right, not good enough because you need to get to the next one. That is continuous stress.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“Harry Potter,Sudahkah kau temukan ramuan rahasia ituagar seluruh orang di duniabisa saling cinta?” ― Abdurahman Faiz, Untuk Bunda dan Dunia
“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.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“There’s no point in being unhappy about things you can’t change, and no point being unhappy about things you can.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“Striving is fine, as long as it’s tempered by the realization that, in an entropic universe, the final outcome is out of your control. If you don’t waste your energy on variables you cannot influence, you can focus much more effectively on those you can. When you are wisely ambitious, you do everything you can to succeed, but you are not attached to the outcome—so that if you fail, you will be maximally resilient, able to get up, dust yourself off, and get back in the fray. That, to use a loaded term, is enlightened self-interest.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“pursuit of happiness becomes the source of our unhappiness.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“But it was in this moment, lying in bed late at night, that I first realized that the voice in my head—the running commentary that had dominated my field of consciousness since I could remember—was kind of an asshole.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“Your demons may have been ejected from the building, but they’re out in the parking lot, doing push-ups.”)” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“I like the idea of Warrior Flitwick running to save the day by screaming, "Let's do some charm harm, my snitches!” ― Dan Bergstein
“Everything in the world is ultimately unsatisfying and unreliable because it won’t last.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“May you be happy. May you be safe and protected from harm. May you be healthy and strong. May you live with ease.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“Perhaps the most meaningful exchange I had on the subject was a completely random discussion with my uncle Martin at my parents’ annual summer pool party. Martin, a former entrepreneur who was now in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, turned to me and asked an intriguing question: “Which is more exciting to you? Reality or memory?” I paused, considered it, and said, “I wish I could say reality, but it’s probably memory.” And then I asked, “What about you?” At which point Martin stared blankly back at me and asked, “What was the question?” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“The Buddha captured it well when he said that anger, which can be so seductive at first, has “a honeyed tip” but a “poisoned root.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“The fact that you exist is a highly statistically improbable event, and if you are not perpetually surprised by the fact that you exist you don’t deserve to be here.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“She nailed the method for applying mindfulness in acute situations, albeit with a somewhat dopey acronym: RAIN. R: recognize A: allow I: investigate N: non-identification” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“The ego is never satisfied. No matter how much stuff we buy, no matter how many arguments we win or delicious meals we consume, the ego never feels complete.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“Make the present moment your friend rather than your enemy. Because many people live habitually as if the present moment were an obstacle that they need to overcome in order to get to the next moment. And imagine living your whole life like that, where always this moment is never quite right, not good enough because you need to get to the next one. That is continuous stress.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“Harry Potter,Sudahkah kau temukan ramuan rahasia ituagar seluruh orang di duniabisa saling cinta?” ― Abdurahman Faiz, Untuk Bunda dan Dunia
“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.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“There’s no point in being unhappy about things you can’t change, and no point being unhappy about things you can.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“Striving is fine, as long as it’s tempered by the realization that, in an entropic universe, the final outcome is out of your control. If you don’t waste your energy on variables you cannot influence, you can focus much more effectively on those you can. When you are wisely ambitious, you do everything you can to succeed, but you are not attached to the outcome—so that if you fail, you will be maximally resilient, able to get up, dust yourself off, and get back in the fray. That, to use a loaded term, is enlightened self-interest.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“pursuit of happiness becomes the source of our unhappiness.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“But it was in this moment, lying in bed late at night, that I first realized that the voice in my head—the running commentary that had dominated my field of consciousness since I could remember—was kind of an asshole.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“Your demons may have been ejected from the building, but they’re out in the parking lot, doing push-ups.”)” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“I like the idea of Warrior Flitwick running to save the day by screaming, "Let's do some charm harm, my snitches!” ― Dan Bergstein
“Everything in the world is ultimately unsatisfying and unreliable because it won’t last.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“May you be happy. May you be safe and protected from harm. May you be healthy and strong. May you live with ease.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“Perhaps the most meaningful exchange I had on the subject was a completely random discussion with my uncle Martin at my parents’ annual summer pool party. Martin, a former entrepreneur who was now in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, turned to me and asked an intriguing question: “Which is more exciting to you? Reality or memory?” I paused, considered it, and said, “I wish I could say reality, but it’s probably memory.” And then I asked, “What about you?” At which point Martin stared blankly back at me and asked, “What was the question?” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“The Buddha captured it well when he said that anger, which can be so seductive at first, has “a honeyed tip” but a “poisoned root.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“The fact that you exist is a highly statistically improbable event, and if you are not perpetually surprised by the fact that you exist you don’t deserve to be here.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“She nailed the method for applying mindfulness in acute situations, albeit with a somewhat dopey acronym: RAIN. R: recognize A: allow I: investigate N: non-identification” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
“The ego is never satisfied. No matter how much stuff we buy, no matter how many arguments we win or delicious meals we consume, the ego never feels complete.” ― Dan Harris, 10% Happier
