Being Peace

Being Peace
Thich Nhat Hanh  

Summary

How to come at life with peace from one of the world's great spiritual teachers

Rating: 4/5

Notes

Life is both dreadful and wonderful

‘Breathing in I calm my body, breathing out I smile. Dwelling the present moment. I know this is a wonderful moment’

A human being is like a television set with a million channels

Sometimes if we don’t do anything, we help more than if we do a lot

Pleasant or unpleasant depends on our way of looking

Understanding means to throw away your knowledge

The Buddhist way of understanding is always letting go of our views and knowledge in order to transcend

To understand the suffering and the fear of a citizen of another country, we have to become one with him even when doing so is dangerous as we will be suspected by both sides

In the name of ideologies or doctrines, people will kill and are killed

‘If you cling to something as absolute truth and are caught in it, when truth comes in person and knocks on your door, you will refuse to let it in’ - Buddha

‘Let peace begin with me and let me begin with peace’

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Make Something Wonderful   
Steve Jobs         

Summary

The life of Steve Jobs in his own words

Rating: 5/5

Notes

Make something wonderful and put it out there

‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’

When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)

Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.

You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times

Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times

We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true

Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see

Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions

Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.

The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow

To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results

The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle

Hire people better than you are

You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life

It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future

Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you

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Being Peace

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Being Peace
Thich Nhat Hanh  

Summary

How to come at life with peace from one of the world's great spiritual teachers

Rating: 4/5

Notes

Life is both dreadful and wonderful

‘Breathing in I calm my body, breathing out I smile. Dwelling the present moment. I know this is a wonderful moment’

A human being is like a television set with a million channels

Sometimes if we don’t do anything, we help more than if we do a lot

Pleasant or unpleasant depends on our way of looking

Understanding means to throw away your knowledge

The Buddhist way of understanding is always letting go of our views and knowledge in order to transcend

To understand the suffering and the fear of a citizen of another country, we have to become one with him even when doing so is dangerous as we will be suspected by both sides

In the name of ideologies or doctrines, people will kill and are killed

‘If you cling to something as absolute truth and are caught in it, when truth comes in person and knocks on your door, you will refuse to let it in’ - Buddha

‘Let peace begin with me and let me begin with peace’

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Buy the book here

Free E-book download here