Avoiding distractions Quotes

“Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable.”

“If you pay attention, you may find that it is not fear that stops you from doing the brave and true thing in your daily life. Rather, the problem is avoidance. You want to feel comfortable, so you avoid doing the thing that will evoke fear and other disquieting emotions. Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.”

“We can't avoid reasoning”

“To live a lie may allow us to avoid the truth, but the real lie lays in believing that we can avoid the truth in the first place.”

“To live is to die. To die is to live. To avoid death, is to avoid living.”

“To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all.”

“To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.”

“Fear becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Thinking that there is something to be avoided manifests something to avoid.”

“He was through with this conversation. As a rule, they tended to avoid questions like "How sane are we?" and "Do our lives have meaning?" The need for avoidance was acute and apparent to both of them.”