Real love Quotes by Sharon Salzberg

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

— Sharon Salzberg

“We learn from conflicts only when we are willing to do so.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Real love allows for failure and suffering.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Equanimity can be hard to talk about.”

— Sharon Salzberg

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

— Sharon Salzberg

“Smiling at someone can have significant health consequences.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“The heart contracts when our bodies are overcome by shame.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Often in close relationships, the subject being discussed is not the subject at all.”

— Sharon Salzberg

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

— Sharon Salzberg

“Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Love seems to open and expand us right down to the cellular level, while fear causes us to contract and withdraw into…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Science tells us that love not only diminishes the experience of physical pain but can make us—and our beloveds—healthier.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“You don't have to love yourself unconditionally before you can give or receive real love.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Be open to the possibility that there are other paths available to you in relating to yourself and to another.”

— 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

“The secure attachment of Western psychology is actually akin to Buddhist non-attachment; avoid-ant attachment is the inverse of being mindful and present;…

— Sharon Salzberg

“It's tough to have an authentic relationship with awe in the age of awesome, a word that has become so overused as…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Forgiveness can be bittersweet. It contains the sweetness of the release of a story that has caused us pain, but also the…

— Sharon Salzberg

“In order to free ourselves from our assumptions about love, we must ask ourselves what long-held, often buried assumptions are and then…

— Sharon Salzberg

“As we explore new ways of loving and being loved by others, we need to equip ourselves with open, pliant minds; we…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Without equanimity, we might give love to others only in an effort to bridge the inevitable and healthy space that always exists…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Our can-do culture has made many of us believe that we should always be self-sufficient. Somewhere along the way, we also got…

— Sharon Salzberg

“No matter what we think we should do, I don’t think you can coerce yourself into loving your neighbor—or your boss—when you…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Buddhist teachings discourage us from clinging and grasping to those we hold dear, and from trying to control the people or the…

— Sharon Salzberg

“At times, reality is love’s great challenge. When our old stories and dreams are shattered, our first instinct may be to resist,…

— Sharon Salzberg

“There are an incalculable—even infinite—number of situations in which we can practice forgiveness. Expecting it to be a singular action—motivated by the…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Wholehearted acceptance is a basic element of love, starting with love for ourselves, and a gateway to joy. Through the practices of…

— Sharon Salzberg

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

— Sharon Salzberg

“Genuine awe connects us with the world in a new way.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“The heart is a generous muscle.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Healing comes in many ways, and no one formula fits all.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness.”

— 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

“When we pay attention to sensations in our bodies, we can feel that love is the energetic opposite of fear.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“So often, fear keeps us from being able to say yes to love—perhaps our greatest challenge as human beings.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Real forgiveness in close relationships is never easy. It can’t be rushed or engineered.”

— Sharon Salzberg