Improvement at anything is based on thousands of tiny failures, and the magnitude of your success is based on how many times you’ve failed at something. Mark Manson Read Quote
Whereas a lot of Buddhism concerns itself with stages of enlightenment, various precepts and moral codes, and even power structures and hierarchies, Zen is just like, ‘Shut up, sit down, and observe your thoughts – oh, and by the way, what you perceive as you’ doesn’t actually exist.’ I loved the minimalist approach of it. Mark Manson Read Quote
Happiness is not something you achieve. It’s not something you do or someplace you get to. Happiness is something you inhabit. Mark Manson Read Quote
At the core of all human behavior, the good feelings we all want are more or less the same. Therefore, what we get out of life is not determined by the good feelings we desire but by what bad feelings we’re willing to sustain. Mark Manson Read Quote
One of the beautiful things about Tyler Durden in ‘Fight Club’ is that he seems to understand the implicit vanity and self-absorption that comes with the desire to improve oneself. Mark Manson Read Quote
Many people get into a relationship as a way to compensate for something they lack or hate within themselves. This is a one-way ticket to a toxic relationship because it makes your love conditional – you will love your partner as long as they help you feel better about yourself. Mark Manson Read Quote
If someone is better than you at something, then it’s likely because she has failed at it more than you have. If someone is worse than you, it’s likely because he hasn’t been through all of the painful learning experiences you have. Mark Manson Read Quote
In our culture, many of us idealize love. We see it as some lofty cure-all for all of life’s problems. Our movies and our stories and our history all celebrate it as life’s ultimate goal, the final solution for all of our pain and struggle. And because we idealize love, we overestimate it. As a result, our relationships pay a price. Mark Manson Read Quote
Real happiness comes from discovering a sense of importance in one’s actions and in one’s life. Mark Manson Read Quote
