“We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
As we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Protection, as we use the word in Buddhism, is actually wisdom, it's insight. Protection is seeing and knowing deeply that all things… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Each of us has a genuine capacity for love, forgiveness, wisdom and compassion. Meditation awakens these qualities so that we can discover… — 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
“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
It is because of that balanced relationship to the moment that mindfulness serves as the platform for insight... if we feel an… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
What is important is not getting intoxicated with a good feeling or getting intoxicated even with an insight. These take many forms… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“In mindfulness practice, wise discernment is a tool that can help us in boundary setting. Mindfulness may open the doors of perception,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is so much wiser and more robust than our inner critic.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
To sense which gifts to accept which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Respecting differences while gaining insight into our essential connected-ness, we can free ourselves from the impulse to rigidly categorize the world in… — 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 approach the journey acknowledging what we do not know and what we can’t control, we maintain our energy for the… — 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
