“The good news is that opportunities for love enter our lives unpredictably, whether or not we’ve perfected self-compassion or befriended our inner… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we learn to respond to disappointments with acceptance, we give ourselves the space to realize that all our experiences—good and bad… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“One foundation of loving relationships is curiosity, keeping open to the idea that we have much to learn even about those we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Embracing what is We’re conditioned to believe that painful feelings are “bad” and that pleasurable ones are “good.” It’s often easier—though not… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness may help you gain insight into your role in conflicts with others, it won’t single-highhandedly help you resolve them.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we develop our ability to love in one realm, we simultaneously nourish our ability in others, as long as we remain… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“What makes awe such a powerful call to love is that it’s disruptive. It sneaks up on us. It doesn’t ask our… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Buddhism has a term for the happiness we feel at someone else’s success or good fortune. Sympathetic joy, as it is known,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Maybe what we really need is to change our relationship to what is, to see who we are with the strength of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness won’t ensure you’ll win an argument with your sister. Mindfulness won’t enable you to bypass your feelings of anger or hurt… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Compassion has more to do with the attitude we bring to our encounters with other people than with any quantifiable metric of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Sympathetic joy is a practice. It takes time and effort to free ourselves of the scarcity story that most of us have… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Letting go of the belief that we’re powerless to help relieve our own suffering enhances our ability not only to heal but… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Everyone we interact with has the capacity to surprise us in an infinite number of ways. What can first open us up… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The paradigm for our relationships is formed from our earliest experiences and is actually hardwired into our neurological and emotional network.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The costs of keeping secrets include our growing isolation due to fear of detection and the ways we shut down inside to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Loving-kindness challenges those states that tend to arise when we think of ourselves as isolated from everyone else—fear, a sense of deficiency,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Whatever language we use use to describe healthy relationships, when we’re in them, we feel nourished by them, in body as well… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The more we identify and acknowledge moments when we’re unable to share in someone else’s pleasure and ask ourselves whether another person’s… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“It takes a special courage to challenge the rigid confines of our accustomed story. It’s not easy to radically alter our views… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“A particularly difficult line to navigate is the one between fear and love, especially for parents, who want more than anything to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we truly allow ourselves to feel our own pain, over time it comes to seem less personal. We start to recognize… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The notion of loving oneself has gotten an undeservedly bad rap, which goes something like this: self-love is narcissistic, selfish, self-indulgent, the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Sanskrit has different words to describe love for a brother or sister, love for a teacher, love for a partner, love for… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When our focus is on seeking, perfecting, or clinging to romance, the charge is often generated by instability, rather than by an… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Loving ourselves calls us to give up the illusion that we can control everything and focuses us on building our inner resource… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we can step back even briefly from our hurt, sorrow, and anger, when we put our faith in the possibility of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Until we begin to question our basic assumptions about ourselves and view them as fluid, not fixed, it’s easy to repeat established… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Though it may seem counter intuitive to our inner perfectionist, recognizing our mistakes as valuable lessons (not failures) helps us lay the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Letting go is actually a healthy foundation upon which we can open up to real love—to giving, receiving, and experiencing it authentically… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we forgive someone, we don’t pretend that the harm didn’t happen or cause us pain. We see it clearly for what… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Identifying the source of our personal narratives helps us to release its negative aspects and re-frame it in ways that promote wholeness.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“With a clear intention and a willing spirit, sooner or later we experience the joy and freedom that arises when we recognize… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we respond to our pain and suffering with love, understanding, and acceptance—for ourselves, as well as others— over time, we can… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Some things hurt, you know, and there's pain. But we magnify the suffering of it often, I think, by our reactions. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
“How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
“Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
“Loving ourselves calls us to give up the illusion that we can control everything and focuses us on building our inner resource of resilience.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
“The paradigm for our relationships is formed from our earliest experiences and is actually hardwired into our neurological and emotional network.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
“Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
“When we open our hearts to the breadth of our experiences, we learn to tune into our needs, unique perceptions, thoughts & feelings” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
“As we explore new ways of loving and being loved by others, we need to equip ourselves with open, pliant minds; we need to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
Even in the midst of devastation, something within us always points the way to freedom. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
“It's important to investigate the nature of anger because it is such a powerful energy and can be so destructive. When we can face… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
“When we contemplate the miracle of embodied life, we begin to partner with our bodies in a kinder way.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share
