Meditation Quotes by Sharon Salzberg

“Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.”

— Sharon Salzberg

You cannot fail at meditation.

— Sharon Salzberg

“Equanimity can be hard to talk about.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Our senses are often the gateway to our stories.”

— Sharon Salzberg

Let the breath lead the way.

— Sharon Salzberg

“In reality, love is fluid; it’s a verb, not a noun.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Causing harm is never just a one-way street.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Living in a story of a limited self—to any degree—is not love.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Keeping secrets is a consequential act for all involved.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“As soon as we ask whether or not a story is true in the present moment, we empower ourselves to re-frame it.”

— Sharon Salzberg

With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.

— Sharon Salzberg

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

— Sharon Salzberg

“Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts it in peril.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“There is a sentiment common among most of us when it comes to love—letting go can feel scary.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Our minds tend to race ahead into the future or replay the past, but our bodies are always in the present moment.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Setting the intention to practice kindness toward one’s partner or family members or friends does not preclude getting angry or upset.”

— Sharon Salzberg

People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.

— Sharon Salzberg

The quality of mindfulness does not just know something is happening - e.g. there is an emotion, a sensation - but knows…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Cultivating loving kindness for ourselves is the foundation of real love for our friends and family, for new people we encounter in…

— Sharon Salzberg

“To celebrate someone else’s life, we need to find a way to look at it straight on, not from above with judgment…

— Sharon Salzberg

“No connection is always easy or free of strife, no matter how many minutes a day we meditate. It’s how we relate…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the…

— Sharon Salzberg

“We have to know ourselves to know where we end and another person begins, and we have to develop the skills to…

— Sharon Salzberg

“I believe that there is only one kind of love—real love—trying to come alive in us despite our limiting assumptions, the distortions…

— Sharon Salzberg

It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or…

— Sharon Salzberg

“If we harm someone else, we’re inevitably also hurting ourselves. Some quality of sensitivity and awareness has to shut down for us…

— Sharon Salzberg

Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are…

— Sharon Salzberg

I have seen that there are a number of people who benefit from doing loving kindness meditation, either prior to or along…

— Sharon Salzberg

Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn’t dependent on another person or a particular situation, we…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness…

— Sharon Salzberg

“CORE MEDITATION: Breathing This classic meditation can deepen concentration by teaching us to focus on the “in breath” and the “out breath.”…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world. Practicing metta illuminates our…

— Sharon Salzberg

It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old…

— Sharon Salzberg

“One of my friends who leads meditation retreats honors the Asian habit, as I do, of bowing to the image of the…

— Sharon Salzberg

“In mindfulness practice, wise discernment is a tool that can help us in boundary setting. Mindfulness may open the doors of perception,…

— Sharon Salzberg

“We live in a network of inter connectivity.”

— Sharon Salzberg

Its never too late to take a moment to look.

— Sharon Salzberg

Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look.

— Sharon Salzberg