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Top 30 James R. Doty Quotes (2025 Update)

James R. Doty Quote: “Sometimes it’s not that you’re not important, it’s just you’re not seen because the pain of those around you makes you invisible.”

1. “Sometimes it’s not that you’re not important, it’s just you’re not seen because the pain of those around you makes you invisible.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “I am worthy. I am loved. I am cared for. I care for others. I choose only good for myself. I choose only good for others. I love myself. I love others. I open my heart. My heart is open.”

2. “I am worthy. I am loved. I am cared for. I care for others. I choose only good for myself. I choose only good for others. I love myself. I love others. I open my heart. My heart is open.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “Another mystery of the brain is that it will always choose what is familiar over what is unfamiliar. By visualizing my own future success, I was making this success familiar to my brain. Intention is a funny thing, and whatever the brain puts its intention on is what it sees.”

3. “Another mystery of the brain is that it will always choose what is familiar over what is unfamiliar. By visualizing my own future success, I was making this success familiar to my brain. Intention is a funny thing, and whatever the brain puts its intention on is what it sees.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “Sometimes the thing you want most is just someone to tell you, tell you anything. Because that means you’re important. And sometimes it’s not that you’re not important, it’s just you’re not seen because the pain of those around you makes you invisible.”

4. “Sometimes the thing you want most is just someone to tell you, tell you anything. Because that means you’re important. And sometimes it’s not that you’re not important, it’s just you’re not seen because the pain of those around you makes you invisible.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “You can turn this little tiny light into a huge fireball with only one thing–your mind.”

5. “You can turn this little tiny light into a huge fireball with only one thing–your mind.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “I reach in blindly but knowing that there is more to this life than we can possibly see, and that each of us is capable of doing amazing things far beyond what we think is possible.”

6. “I reach in blindly but knowing that there is more to this life than we can possibly see, and that each of us is capable of doing amazing things far beyond what we think is possible.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “The brain doesn’t distinguish between an experience that is intensely imagined and an experience that is real.”

7. “The brain doesn’t distinguish between an experience that is intensely imagined and an experience that is real.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “Things don’t always happen the way we think they will, but I’ve learned that they happen exactly the way they’re supposed to happen.”

8. “Things don’t always happen the way we think they will, but I’ve learned that they happen exactly the way they’re supposed to happen.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “We’re talking about what you felt. Feelings are not right or wrong. They are just feelings.”

9. “We’re talking about what you felt. Feelings are not right or wrong. They are just feelings.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “When your mind wanders away from your breath it’s not good or bad. It’s just doing what it does. Just notice it. Then guide it back to your breath. Help it focus again. That’s all. You just have to show it who is in control.”

10. “When your mind wanders away from your breath it’s not good or bad. It’s just doing what it does. Just notice it. Then guide it back to your breath. Help it focus again. That’s all. You just have to show it who is in control.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “The brain, as busy as it can be, is actually very lazy... It sees what it expects to see.”

11. “The brain, as busy as it can be, is actually very lazy... It sees what it expects to see.”

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James R. Doty Quote: “I cared because I had felt pain and humiliation a million times already and it hurt.”

12. “I cared because I had felt pain and humiliation a million times already and it hurt.”

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James R. Doty Quote: “You need to understand that what you think you want isn’t always what’s best for you and others. You need to open your heart to learn what you want before you use this magic, otherwise if you don’t really know what you want and you get what you think you want, you’re going to end up getting what you don’t want.” Huh?”

13. “You need to understand that what you think you want isn’t always what’s best for you and others. You need to open your heart to learn what you want before you use this magic, otherwise if you don’t really know what you want and you get what you think you want, you’re going to end up getting what you don’t want.” Huh?”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “But you can control your body and you can control your mind. That might not sound like a lot, but it’s very powerful. It can change anything.”

14. “But you can control your body and you can control your mind. That might not sound like a lot, but it’s very powerful. It can change anything.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “In a way, it was easier for me to quiet my mind with my eyes open. It was when I closed my eyes and everything went dark that most of my worries came rushing out. In the dark there was no distraction, and every fear seemed to want to come out and play.”

15. “In a way, it was easier for me to quiet my mind with my eyes open. It was when I closed my eyes and everything went dark that most of my worries came rushing out. In the dark there was no distraction, and every fear seemed to want to come out and play.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “In the end, how well we love each other and how well we take care of each other will be what determines the survival of our planet and our species. His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, “Love and compassion are necessities; without them humanity cannot survive.”

16. “In the end, how well we love each other and how well we take care of each other will be what determines the survival of our planet and our species. His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, “Love and compassion are necessities; without them humanity cannot survive.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “Everyone has a story, and I have learned that, at the core of it, most of our stories are more similar than not.”

17. “Everyone has a story, and I have learned that, at the core of it, most of our stories are more similar than not.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “I could try to create a new reality for myself, but I could not change the people I loved.”

18. “I could try to create a new reality for myself, but I could not change the people I loved.”

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James R. Doty Quote: “She taught me the pointlessness of wishing for a different past and the futility of worrying about all of the frightening futures over which I had no control.”

19. “She taught me the pointlessness of wishing for a different past and the futility of worrying about all of the frightening futures over which I had no control.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “Equanimity is to have an evenness of temperament even during difficult times.”

20. “Equanimity is to have an evenness of temperament even during difficult times.”

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James R. Doty Quote: “I was living for the future that existed in my mind, and it was a far more enjoyable place to live.”

21. “I was living for the future that existed in my mind, and it was a far more enjoyable place to live.”

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James R. Doty Quote: “Sometimes we need to stop thinking about what we should say and just say what it is we need to.”

22. “Sometimes we need to stop thinking about what we should say and just say what it is we need to.”

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James R. Doty Quote: “Others can create your reality only if you don’t create it yourself.”

23. “Others can create your reality only if you don’t create it yourself.”

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James R. Doty Quote: “People see only what they think is there rather than what’s actually there.”

24. “People see only what they think is there rather than what’s actually there.”

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James R. Doty Quote: “Each of us chooses what is acceptable in our lives. As kids, we don’t get a lot of choice. We are born into families and situations, and it’s all really out of our control. But as we get older, we choose. Consciously or unconsciously, we decide how we are going to allow ourselves to be treated. What will you accept? What won’t you accept? You’re going to have to choose, and you’re going to have to stand up for yourself. No one else can do it for you.”

25. “Each of us chooses what is acceptable in our lives. As kids, we don’t get a lot of choice. We are born into families and situations, and it’s all really out of our control. But as we get older, we choose. Consciously or unconsciously, we decide how we are going to allow ourselves to be treated. What will you accept? What won’t you accept? You’re going to have to choose, and you’re going to have to stand up for yourself. No one else can do it for you.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “I spent many late nights during medical school using my brain to think about the brain and then using my mind to ponder the irony of it. How exactly do we separate and distinguish the mind from the brain? I can operate on the brain but not on the mind, but operating on the brain can forever alter the mind. It’s a dilemma of causality – a circular reference problem like the perennial question of what came first, the chicken or the egg.”

26. “I spent many late nights during medical school using my brain to think about the brain and then using my mind to ponder the irony of it. How exactly do we separate and distinguish the mind from the brain? I can operate on the brain but not on the mind, but operating on the brain can forever alter the mind. It’s a dilemma of causality – a circular reference problem like the perennial question of what came first, the chicken or the egg.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “I believe we learn what we are meant to learn, and some of us are simply meant to learn things the hard way. There’s no way I could have known then what I know now, because if I had, I would have truly opened my heart first. The head is powerful, but it can only get us what we really want if we open our heart first.”

27. “I believe we learn what we are meant to learn, and some of us are simply meant to learn things the hard way. There’s no way I could have known then what I know now, because if I had, I would have truly opened my heart first. The head is powerful, but it can only get us what we really want if we open our heart first.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “Everything didn’t have to be broken just because something was broken. I didn’t have to be broken.”

28. “Everything didn’t have to be broken just because something was broken. I didn’t have to be broken.”

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James R. Doty Quote: “Ruth wasn’t a supernatural being, even though at twelve I like to imagine she was. She was simply a human being who had the profound gift of empathy and intuition, of being able to care about another human being without expecting anything in return.”

29. “Ruth wasn’t a supernatural being, even though at twelve I like to imagine she was. She was simply a human being who had the profound gift of empathy and intuition, of being able to care about another human being without expecting anything in return.”

— James R. Doty

James R. Doty Quote: “Feel your heart beating and relax the muscles around.”

30. “Feel your heart beating and relax the muscles around.”

— James R. Doty

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