When you begin to recognize perceptions as nothing more than fleeting, circumstantial events, they don’t weigh as heavily on you, and the whole dualistic structure of “self” and “other” begins to soften.

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:

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