You look outward and all you see is other people’s bad habits, other people’s bad actions. Where does that get you? Nowhere at all. Turn around and look inside, and you’ll realize that there’s work to be done inside.

"If you really want happiness, it has to come from training your own mind. This is why the practice of the Dhamma is a practice of looking inward, not looking outward. You look outward and all you see is other people’s bad habits, other people’s bad actions. Where does that get you? Nowhere at all. Turn around and look inside, and you’ll realize that there’s work to be done inside. This doesn’t mean you’re in the wrong or the other people are right, simply that your work is inside."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Looking Inward"

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