“Wholehearted acceptance is a basic element of love, starting with love for ourselves, and a gateway to joy. Through the practices of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“With our close friends, family members, and lovers, we hope to create a special world, one in which we can expect to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“To forgive, we may need to open our minds to a fuller exploration of the context in which the events occurred, and… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I stepped onto the spiritual path moved by an inner sense that I might find greatness of heart, that I might find… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
An ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Love is defined by difficult acts of human compassion & generosity.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we experience dissatisfaction at work, which everyone does we can use our disappointment as fuel to wake up.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
You might have extensive bouts of thinking exceedingly nasty thoughts, but because you are relating to those thoughts with mindfulness and compassion,… — 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
“Sometimes we think that to develop an open heart, to be truly loving and compassionate, means that we need to be passive,… — 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
I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Not everyone wants to take up meditation, but most people can feel an alignment with values like mutual respect, insightful investigation, listening… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“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
“Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
One of the primary conditions for suffering is denial. Shutting our mind to pain, whether in ourselves or others, only ensures that… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“When we believe a wounding story, our whole world is diminished.” — 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
Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy. — 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
“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 Image
