Quote by Dan Harris Download Open image ““Chapter 10 The Self-Interested Case for Not Being a Dick”” — Dan Harris ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
I shall not fear to say that the doctrine of self-interest rightly understood seems to me of all the philosophic theories the most appropriate… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“It is curious how little interested we are in the sexual desires of those who do not attract us.” — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. Show me the person they sleep… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Considering some of the things I’ve done, touching another man’s dick is not exactly going to send me into a moral meltdown.” — Santino Hassell Copy Share Image
“Manifest plainness and embrace the genuine; lessen self-interest and make few your desires.” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“His interest lay wholly in the crime—swooning middle-aged ladies did not interest him at all.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“When one reads, and re-reads, Moby Dick , it seems to me that one gets a more convincing, a more definite, impression of the… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“The whole world had given up on love anyway and clung instead to its malformed cousins: lust, narcissism, self-interest.” — Leslye Walton Copy Share Image
“Being a dick is when you're so self-centered, you think your ideas are pretty much the only worthy ones, and you secretly believe other… — Tracy McMillan Copy Share Image
“Belonging: that was the name for it. More tempting than sex and so far out of the question as to be unthinkable.” — Angela B. Wade Copy Share Image
“Imagine a world where people were 10% happier and less reactive. Marriage, parenting, road rage, politics - all would be improved upon. Public health… — Dan Harris 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” head-on, to… — Dan Harris 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 source of… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
Prepare like no other, know that there was nothing left for you to do when it's all said and done. This way a loss… — Dan Harris 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 the waterfall.… — Dan Harris 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 an unpleasant… — Dan Harris 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 in a… — Dan Harris 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 mind, to… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
“in our seat, every bite of food, every pleasant daydream—is designed to avoid pain or seek pleasure. But if we can drop all that,… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
Meditation is just simple brain exercise. I exercise and this made sense to me. — Dan Harris 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’ annual summer… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
