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Famous Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quotes
“Life usually puts a great idea only inside a mind that is usually at peace.”
“You cannot be unhappy, or even depressed, while you are not thinking.”
“Giving an insignificant thing your attention is a form of self-disrespect.”
“Calmness has the power to leave dirty water as clean water on top of dirt.”
“Not being in the present moment is no less foolish than looking forward to the past.”
“The mind is a sweetheart, when it is wondering; and a bitch, when it is wandering.”
“Only the parts of the future that we are guaranteed to reach are worth worrying over.”
“Mindfulness makes a year feel like a decade, whereas mindlessness does the opposite.”
“Using unbreakable cups robs us of yet another incentive to be mindful.”
“Worrying requires way more energy than hoping, which—unlike worrying—is energizing.”
“It is one of the fruits of wisdom not to sweat even the big stuff.”
“The religious worry about life after death at the expense of life before death.”
“In her 20′s, a woman’s breasts double her self-esteem. In her 40′s, they halve it.”
“Worry is to human beings … what a condom is to a man with erectile dysfunction.”
“Some people are lucky to no longer be, and some are unlucky to still be, alive.”
“We make life even more painful by having expectations and preferences.”
“Once you start learning from your problems, you stop wishing for a life without problems.”
“Being too careful can be more destructive than being utterly careless.”
“The emotions we feel, and the desires and thoughts we have, are as ours as the sounds we hear.”
“All we can really do is nothing but be aware. In fact, we are nothing but awareness.”
“Realizing that God or Nature did not give you free will will free you.”
“Regret is one of the most common symptoms of the illusion of free will.”