Sharon Salzberg

We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That's a fact but one we fight.

— Sharon Salzberg

“Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Forgiveness is a process, an admittedly difficult one that often can feel like a rigorous spiritual practice.”

— Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.

— Sharon Salzberg

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.

— Sharon Salzberg

I’m learning that to be at home everywhere, I have to be sure to include the place I actually live.

— Sharon Salzberg

“A relationship is the union of two psychological systems.”

— 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

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

— 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

“With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love…

— Sharon Salzberg

Compassion allows us to bear witness to suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name…

— Sharon Salzberg

“We cannot instantaneously force ourselves to forgive—and forgiveness happens at a different pace for everyone and is dependent on the particulars of…

— Sharon Salzberg

My experience working with lots of creative people is that they don't lose their artistic edge when they lose a fierce level…

— 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

The critical element in meditation practice is beginning again. Everyone loses focus at times, everyone loses interest at times, and everyone gets…

— 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

“Abiding faith does not depend on borrowed concepts. Rather, it is the magnetic force of a bone-deep, lived understanding, one that draws…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Thich Nhat Hanh: “To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan…

— Sharon Salzberg

I stepped onto the spiritual path moved by an inner sense that I might find greatness of heart, that I might find…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Sometimes people in abusive situations think they’re responsible for the other person’s happiness or that they’re going to fix them and make…

— Sharon Salzberg

As an ability, love is always there as a potential, ready to flourish and help our lives flourish. As we go up…

— Sharon Salzberg

An ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“The journey to loving ourselves doesn’t mean we like everything.”

— Sharon Salzberg

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

— Sharon Salzberg

We do good because it frees the heart. It opens us to a wellspring of happiness.

— Sharon Salzberg

“We are born ready to love and be loved. It is our birthright.”

— Sharon Salzberg

The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear & jealousy.

— Sharon Salzberg

Meditation isn’t about what’s happening; it’s about how you relate to what’s happening.

— Sharon Salzberg

“Learning to treat ourselves lovingly may at first feel like a dangerous experiment.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“The first step toward feeling compassion for others is to set the intention to try it out.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Concepts such as loving kindness should never be used as weapons against our real feelings.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“The idea that traumatic residues—or unresolved stories—can be inherited is groundbreaking.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.”

— Sharon Salzberg

Even in the midst of devastation, something within us always points the way to freedom.

— Sharon Salzberg

“Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.”

— Sharon Salzberg

To sense which gifts to accept which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.

— Sharon Salzberg