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> [We tend to run our whole life trying to avoid all that hurts or displeases us, noticing the objects, people, or situations that we think will give us pain or pleasure, avoiding one and pursuing the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/we-tend-to-run-our-whole-life-trying-to-avoid-all-that-hurts-or/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

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## More by Joko Beck

> [Meditation practice is simply moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/meditation-practice-is-simply-moving-from-a-life-of-hurting-myself/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [If I were to tell you that your life is already perfect, whole, and complete just as it is, you would think I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/if-i-were-to-tell-you-that-your-life-is-already-perfect-whole-and/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [We tend to run our whole life trying to avoid all that hurts or displeases us, noticing the objects, people, or situations that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/we-tend-to-run-our-whole-life-trying-to-avoid-all-that-hurts-or/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [We are just living this moment; we don't have to live 150,000 moments at once. We are only living one. That's why I say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/we-are-just-living-this-moment-we-don-t-have-to-live-150-000-moments/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [Practice can be stated very simply. It is moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/practice-can-be-stated-very-simply-it-is-moving-from-a-life-of/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [We have to face the pain we have been running from. In fact, we need to learn to rest in it and let its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/we-have-to-face-the-pain-we-have-been-running-from-in-fact-we-need-to/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [There is one thing in life that you can always rely on: life being as it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/there-is-one-thing-in-life-that-you-can-always-rely-on-life-being-as/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [You cannot avoid paradise. You can only avoid seeking it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/you-cannot-avoid-paradise-you-can-only-avoid-seeking-it/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [But opinions, judgments, memories, dreaming about the future—ninety percent of the thoughts spinning around in our heads have no essential reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/but-opinions-judgments-memories-dreaming-about-the-future-ninety/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/my-dog-doesn-t-worry-about-the-meaning-of-life-she-may-worry-if-she/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [An old Zen rule of thumb is not to answer until one has been asked three times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/an-old-zen-rule-of-thumb-is-not-to-answer-until-one-has-been-asked/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [In spiritual maturity, the opposite of injustice is not justice but compassion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/in-spiritual-maturity-the-opposite-of-injustice-is-not-justice-but/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [We 'rid ourselves of conceptual thought' when, by persistent observation, we recognize the unreality of our self-centered thoughts. Then we can remain dispassionate and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/we-rid-ourselves-of-conceptual-thought-when-by-persistent-observation/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [None of us would choose to be Sisyphus; yet in a sense, we all are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/none-of-us-would-choose-to-be-sisyphus-yet-in-a-sense-we-all-are/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

> [All I can be is who I am right now; I can experience that and work with it. That's all I can do. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/all-i-can-be-is-who-i-am-right-now-i-can-experience-that-and-work/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

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