
“Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.”
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
“Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.”
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
Quoted on his official website (30 December 2008) http://www.plumvillage.org/
Source: "Liu Wen Sees Beauty as a Journey, Not a Destination" in Harper's Bazaar https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a36205161/liu-wen-beauty-issue-may-2021/ (26 April 2021)
Ride the River (1983), Ch. 5
Context: Do not let yourself be bothered by the inconsequential. One has only so much time in this world, so devote it to the work and the people most important to you, to those you love and things that matter. One can waste half a lifetime with people one doesn't really like, or doing things when one would be better off somewhere else.
“But why should you care what people will say? All you have to do is please yourself.”
“The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.”