Jay Shetty Quotes

When we are buried in nonessentials, we lose track of what is truly significant.

What we judge/envy/suspect in someone else can guide us to the darkness we have within ourselves. Our envy, impatience, suspicion with someone else tells us something about ourselves. Negative projections and suspicions reflect our own insecurities and get in our way.

Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.

As a guru, we think about how our actions impact our partner. A guru offers guidance without judgment, wisdom without ego, love without expectation. Being a guru for your partner doesn’t mean imparting wisdom to them (that sounds unpleasant, at best), but it does require patience, understanding, curiosity, creativity, and self-control.

No matter what you think your values are, your actions tell the real story. What we do with our spare time shows what we value.

Your passion is for you. Your purpose is for others. Your passion becomes a purpose when you use it to serve others.

Detachment is the ultimate practice in minimizing fear.

Love takes time.

Welcome to Hotel Earth Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life. — Buddha

And we prepare for love by learning how to love ourselves in solitude.

We often expect too much of others when we don’t have a clear sense of their purpose in our lives.

Fairy tales, films, songs, and myths don’t tell us how to practice love every day. That requires learning what love means for the two of us as individuals and unlearning what we thought it meant.