"**We do not live in this moment. We, in fact, try desperately to get out of it**—by thinking, doing, talking, worrying, remembering, hoping, whatever. We pay thousands of dollars to have a device in our pocket to ensure that we are never bored. **We sign up for endless activities and obligations, chase money and accomplishments, all with the naïve belief that at the end of it will be happiness**." ([Location 379](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=379)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[mindfulness]], [[personal-values]], [[discipline]], [[self-control]], **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]