“pursuit of happiness becomes the source of our unhappiness.” — Dan Harris Happiness Copy Share Image
“When good things happen, we bake them very quickly into our baseline expectations, and yet the primordial void goes unfilled.” — Dan Harris Good thing Copy Share Image
Your demons may have been ejected from the building, but they’re out in the parking lot, doing push-ups.”) — Dan Harris Building Copy Share Image
There’s no point in being unhappy about things you can’t change, and no point being unhappy about things you can. — Dan Harris Being unhappy Copy Share Image
Meditation is hard. You are constantly trying to focus on one thing, usually your breath, and your mind is going to go… — Dan Harris Berserk Copy Share Image
“What mindfulness does is create some space in your head so you can, as the Buddhists say, “respond” rather than simply “react.”… — Dan Harris Buddhism Copy Share Image
When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present. — Dan Harris Feet Copy Share Image
“best solutions often come when you allow yourself to get comfortable with ambiguity.” — Dan Harris Ambiguity Copy Share Image
“Everything in the world is ultimately unsatisfying and unreliable because it won’t last.” — Dan Harris Unreliable Copy Share Image
But it was in this moment, lying in bed late at night, that I first realized that the voice in my head—the… — Dan Harris Asshole Copy Share Image
“was elated and relieved, light-headed with glee. It was as if I had totally forgotten all of Joseph’s dharma talks about the… — Dan Harris Buddhism Copy Share Image
“I was always hurtling headlong through the day, checking things off my to-do list, constantly picturing completion instead of calmly and carefully… — Dan Harris Enjoying The Process Copy Share Image
“It’s like we’ve been enchanted,” he says. “We’ve been put under a spell—believing that this or that is going to be the… — Dan Harris Enchantment Copy Share Image
“She nailed the method for applying mindfulness in acute situations, albeit with a somewhat dopey acronym: RAIN. R: recognize A: allow I:… — Dan Harris Mental health Copy Share Image
“Picture the mind like a waterfall, they said: the water is the torrent of thoughts and emotions; mindfulness is the space behind… — Dan Harris Easier said than done Copy Share Image
“I’m thinking: Yes, right—there is a point to sitting around all day with your eyes closed: to gain some control over the… — Dan Harris Control Mind Copy Share Image
“We now know that happiness, resilience, and compassion are skills, susceptible to training. You don't have to resign yourself to your current… — Dan Harris Compassion Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the most meaningful exchange I had on the subject was a completely random discussion with my uncle Martin at my parents’… — Dan Harris Memory Copy Share Image
“They had a term, too, for that thing I did where something would bother me and I would immediately project forward to… — Dan Harris Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Meditation has countless benefits - from better health to increased focus to a deeper sense of calm - but the biggie is… — Dan Harris Benefits Copy Share Image
“Imagine a world where people were 10% happier and less reactive. Marriage, parenting, road rage, politics - all would be improved upon.… — Dan Harris Change the world Copy Share Image
“I had long assumed that ceaseless planning was the recipe for effectiveness, but Marturano's point was that too much mental churning was… — Dan Harris Bad decisions Copy Share Image
“While I may not have been physically addicted, I was certainly psychologically hooked. I missed getting high so badly that it was… — Dan Harris Addicted Copy Share Image
“The root hap means “luck,” as in hapless or haphazard. What the science was showing was that our levels of well-being, resilience,… — Dan Harris Happiness Copy Share Image
“Make the present moment your friend rather than your enemy. Because many people live habitually as if the present moment were an… — Dan Harris Friendship Copy Share Image
“Meditation is the best tool for neutralizing the voice in the head. It's a muzzle for the ego. Being mindful is an… — Dan Harris Awareness Copy Share Image
“retreat, with nothing to look forward to, nowhere to be, nothing to do, we are forced to confront the “wound of existence”… — Dan Harris Life Copy Share Image
“The route of true happiness, the Buddha argued, was to achieve a visceral understanding of impermanence, which would take you off the… — Dan Harris Clinging Copy Share Image
“Marturano recommended something radical: do only one thing at a time. When you’re on the phone, be on the phone. When you’re… — Dan Harris Computers Copy Share Image
“Everyone wants the same thing—happiness—but we all go about it with varying levels of skill.” — Dan Harris Happiness Copy Share Image
If you're meditating and it's easy, you're either enlightened or you're cheating. — Dan Harris Cheating Copy Share Image
Meditation is just simple brain exercise. I exercise and this made sense to me. — Dan Harris Brain Copy Share Image
“The ego is constantly comparing itself to others. It has us measuring our self-worth against the looks, wealth, and social status of… — Dan Harris Identity Copy Share Image
“On meditation Real Happiness, Sharon Salzberg Insight Meditation, Joseph Goldstein On Buddhism and mindfulness in general Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart,… — Dan Harris Buddhism Copy Share Image
“unpredictability of my profession with my brother recently, he told me about scientific studies where lab rats were rewarded with food pellets… — Dan Harris Science Copy Share Image
“The Sufi Muslims say, "Praise Allah, but also tie your camel to the post." In other words, it's good to take a… — Dan Harris Islam Copy Share Image
