If you’re determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience, know only that you have chosen to do so.

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:

• Being diligent
• Your mind just as it is
• What Buddhists mean by happiness
• The best part of all
• 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
• Essentially good
• An experience of absolute well-being
• The need to look at the mind
• Never disturbed
• Becoming aware
• Mind’s unlimited capacity