Thoughts are just thoughts. Feelings are just feelings. Sensations are just sensations. They come and go in waking life as quickly and easily as they do in dreams.

Mingyur Rinpoche

from the book The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness

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Further quotes from the book The Joy of Living:

• Trying to do your best
• Neither rejecting nor accepting
• Nothing more than the natural function of the mind
• Thinking of yourself as limited
• The practice of simply observing
• Meditation on compassion
• What Buddhists mean by happiness
• Just observe it
• Setting the tone for your entire day
• Your mind just as it is
• Being diligent
• Importance of the motivation
• The best part of all
• Recognizing the inherent potential of your mind
• Oh, this is how my mind works
• Essentially good
• An experience of absolute well-being
• The need to look at the mind
• Never disturbed
• Becoming aware