Jay Shetty Quotes

When we acknowledge that all of our blessings are like a fancy rental car or a beautiful Airbnb, we are free to enjoy them without living in constant fear of losing them. We are all the lucky vacationers enjoying our stay in Hotel Earth.

The more we define ourselves in relation to the people around us, the more lost we are.

First, we become aware of a feeling or issue — we spot it. Then we pause to address what the feeling is and where it comes from — we stop to consider it. And last, we amend our behavior — we swap in a new way of processing the moment. SPOT, STOP, SWAP.

No matter how much we grow, we are never free of daily chores and routines, but to be enlightened is to embrace them. The outside may look the same, but inside you are transformed.

When you are present in gratitude, you can't be anywhere else.

At the end of the fast, I felt physically tired, but mentally stronger. In functioning without something my body relied on, I had broken a limit that existed in my mind. I gained flexibility and adaptability and resourcefulness. That experience with fasting bled into the rest of my life. Fasting is a physical challenge driven by the intellect. Being silent for long periods of time brought up completely different issues–who was I when I detached from other people?

If you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.

At your core, who you really are–– your energy, values, thoughts, love, power, influence, talents–– is worth so much more than a few words could ever convey.
You are indescribable. You are infinite. You are you. A forever work in progress, a perfectly imperfect human, a miraculous soul worthy of all good, loving, beautiful things. Never forget this.

The goal of monk thinking is a life free of ego, envy, lust, anxiety, anger, bitterness, baggage. To my mind, adopting the monk mindset isn’t just possible — it’s necessary. We have no other choice. We need to find calm, stillness, and peace.

To live intentionally, we must dig to the deepest why behind the want.

our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.

When we fill up our lives and leave ourselves no room to reflect, those distractions become our values by default.

When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time.

Too often we love people who don’t love us, but we fail to return the love of others who do.

In getting you where you want to be, meditation may show you what you don’t want to see.