--- title: "2 Life truths Quotes By T. Scott McLeod" description: "2 Life truths quotes by T. Scott McLeod. Plus more from T. Scott McLeod and more Life truths sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/t-scott-mcleod-13148_buddhism_there-were-so-many-beliefs-which-we-had_196649.jpg" --- > [“There were so many beliefs which we had about the world, which then influenced everything, everything, about how we saw the world and interacted in the world and were with others. Everything. It was profound to me, amazing, the ramifications,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/there-were-so-many-beliefs-which-we-had-about-the-world-which-then/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/t-scott-mcleod-13148_buddhism_there-were-so-many-beliefs-which-we-had_196649.jpg) > [“Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and pain, fame and disripute, these are just the worldly winds of existence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/praise-and-blame-gain-and-loss-pleasure-and-pain-fame-and-disripute/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/486/t-scott-mcleod-13148_buddhism_praise-and-blame-gain-and-loss-pleasure_2890421.jpg) ## More by T. Scott McLeod > [“My belief is the belief of no beliefs. That's my belief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/my-belief-is-the-belief-of-no-beliefs-that-s-my-belief/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“You had to break, to be unbroken. In the brokenness, I had found, that which was unbroken. That which was perfect, and beautiful, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/you-had-to-break-to-be-unbroken-in-the-brokenness-i-had-found-that/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“There were so many beliefs which we had about the world, which then influenced everything, everything, about how we saw the world and interacted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/there-were-so-many-beliefs-which-we-had-about-the-world-which-then/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“To hate the hate was just more hate; to reject the rejection was just more rejection; to judge the judging, just more judging.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/to-hate-the-hate-was-just-more-hate-to-reject-the-rejection-was-just/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“You can't resent another person for not giving you what you didn't ask for.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/you-can-t-resent-another-person-for-not-giving-you-what-you-didn-t/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“The way is not clear, and it is when you do not have clarity, when this is allowed, that you will finally have clarity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/the-way-is-not-clear-and-it-is-when-you-do-not-have-clarity-when-this/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“Can you allow yourself to be impaled on the present moment?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/can-you-allow-yourself-to-be-impaled-on-the-present-moment/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“And could you, from a place of love, actually stand up and, use force, to give someone back, the suffering, they were trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/and-could-you-from-a-place-of-love-actually-stand-up-and-use-force-to/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“If you go to war with your mind, you will always be at war.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/if-you-go-to-war-with-your-mind-you-will-always-be-at-war/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“Hatred never ceases with hatred, but with love alone is healed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/hatred-never-ceases-with-hatred-but-with-love-alone-is-healed/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“The mind is limitless, in its creations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/the-mind-is-limitless-in-its-creations/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/it-is-the-rub-that-polishes-the-jewel-enso-roshi-says-nobody-ever/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“Let whatever happens, be what needs to happen, so that I may awaken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/let-whatever-happens-be-what-needs-to-happen-so-that-i-may-awaken/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“Stand in your own two shoes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/stand-in-your-own-two-shoes/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“This would be a secret that I would carry with me, until the day I died.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/this-would-be-a-secret-that-i-would-carry-with-me-until-the-day-i-died/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-truths/t-scott-mcleod/#itemlist", "name": "2 Life truths Quotes By T. Scott McLeod", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There were so many beliefs which we had about the world, which then influenced everything, everything, about how we saw the world and interacted in the world and were with others. Everything. It was profound to me, amazing, the ramifications, the implications, the far-reaching impact that one’s beliefs could have on the world. 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