--- title: "13 Difficulty Quotes By Jack Kornfield" description: "13 Difficulty quotes by Jack Kornfield. Plus more from Jack Kornfield and more Difficulty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/jack-kornfield-936_appropriate_may-i-be-given-the-appropriate-difficult_1497919.png" --- > [May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/may-i-be-given-the-appropriate-difficulties-so-that-my-heart-can/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/jack-kornfield-936_appropriate_may-i-be-given-the-appropriate-difficult_1497919.png) > [The light around someone who speaks truth, who consistently acts with compassion for all, even in great difficulty, is visible to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/the-light-around-someone-who-speaks-truth-who-consistently-acts-with/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/jack-kornfield-936_compassion_the-light-around-someone-who-speaks-trut_2244724.png) > [To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/to-undertake-a-genuine-spiritual-path-is-not-to-avoid-difficulties/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/jack-kornfield-936_art_to-undertake-a-genuine-spiritual-path-is_3139345.png) > [When repeated difficulties do arise, our first spiritual approach is to acknowledge what is present, naming, softly saying 'sadness, sadness', or 'remembering,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/when-repeated-difficulties-do-arise-our-first-spiritual-approach-is/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/jack-kornfield-936_acknowledge_when-repeated-difficulties-do-arise-our_316527.png) > [Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/love-is-based-on-our-capacity-to-trust-in-a-reality-beyond-fear-to/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65f/jack-kornfield-936_bigger_love-is-based-on-our-capacity-to-trust-i_236325.png) > [No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/no-amount-of-meditation-yoga-diet-and-reflection-will-make-all-of-our/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/jack-kornfield-936_amount_no-amount-of-meditation-yoga-diet-and-re_1497705.png) > [Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/ours-is-a-society-of-denial-that-conditions-us-to-protect-ourselves/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7a/jack-kornfield-936_buddhism_ours-is-a-society-of-denial-that-conditi_341068.png) > [Taking the one seat describes two related aspects of spiritual work. Outwardly, it means selecting one practice and teacher among all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/taking-the-one-seat-describes-two-related-aspects-of-spiritual-work/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db1/jack-kornfield-936_arise_taking-the-one-seat-describes-two-relate_1241935.png) > [Whatever your difficulties - a devastated heart, financial loss, feeling assaulted by the conflicts around you, or a seemingly hopeless illness -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/whatever-your-difficulties-a-devastated-heart-financial-loss-feeling/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cb/jack-kornfield-936_circumstances_whatever-your-difficulties-a-devastated_2311537.png) > [With growing awareness, you can see where you're caught or where you suffer or where you create suffering. You can then turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/with-growing-awareness-you-can-see-where-you-re-caught-or-where-you/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/jack-kornfield-936_arise_with-growing-awareness-you-can-see-where_3071245.jpg) > [In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable; we cannot bargain to hold on to things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/in-spiritual-life-there-is-no-room-for-compromise-awakening-is-not/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61d/jack-kornfield-936_awakening_in-spiritual-life-there-is-no-room-for-c_514773.jpg) > [It is the basic principle of spiritual life that we learn the deepest things in unknown territory. Often it is when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/it-is-the-basic-principle-of-spiritual-life-that-we-learn-the-deepest/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/jack-kornfield-936_areas_it-is-the-basic-principle-of-spiritual-l_2546580.png) > [Yes, there are troubles in the world. There's war and hatred, there's sickness and difficulty. And there is also an undying spirit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/yes-there-are-troubles-in-the-world-there-s-war-and-hatred-there-s/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/jack-kornfield-936_born_yes-there-are-troubles-in-the-world-ther_332962.png) ## Other authors on Difficulty ## More by Jack Kornfield > [“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/when-we-let-go-of-our-battles-and-open-our-heart-to-things-as-they/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/in-opening-we-can-see-how-many-times-we-have-mistaken-small/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/wherever-you-are-is-the-perfect-place-to-awaken-this-moment-is-the/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [Acceptance does not mean inaction. We may need to respond, strongly at times...From a peaceful center we can respond instead of react. Unconscious reactions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/acceptance-does-not-mean-inaction-we-may-need-to-respond-strongly-at/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/to-live-in-this-precious-animal-body-on-this-earth-is-as-great-a-part/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/we-do-not-have-to-improve-ourselves-we-just-have-to-let-go-of-what/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/to-open-deeply-as-genuine-spiritual-life-requires-we-need-tremendous/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [As we step out of the way new things are born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/as-we-step-out-of-the-way-new-things-are-born/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise our spirituality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/for-most-of-us-generosity-is-a-quality-that-must-be-developed-we-have/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/what-is-truly-a-part-of-our-spiritual-path-is-that-which-brings-us/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [“Working with these distractions, steadying the canoe, letting the waves pass by, and coming back again and again in a quiet and collected way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/working-with-these-distractions-steadying-the-canoe-letting-the-waves/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/to-understand-ourselves-and-our-life-is-the-point-of-insight/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [To let go in the deepest recesses of the heart, to release all struggle and wanting, leads us to that knowing which is timeless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/to-let-go-in-the-deepest-recesses-of-the-heart-to-release-all/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/wisdom-says-we-are-nothing-love-says-we-are-everything-between-these/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/breathing-meditation-can-quiet-the-mind-open-the-body-and-develop-a/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/difficulty/jack-kornfield/#itemlist", "name": "13 Difficulty Quotes By Jack Kornfield", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. 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You can then turn toward the difficulties that arise in your life with compassion, bow, and say, these too are part of human incarnation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Kornfield" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/with-growing-awareness-you-can-see-where-you-re-caught-or-where-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/jack-kornfield-936_arise_with-growing-awareness-you-can-see-where_3071245.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/jack-kornfield-936_arise_with-growing-awareness-you-can-see-where_3071245.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/jack-kornfield-936_arise_with-growing-awareness-you-can-see-where_3071245.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With growing awareness, you can see where you're caught or where you suffer or where you create suffering…” — Jack Kornfield", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable; we cannot bargain to hold on to things that please us while relinquishing things that do not matter to us. A lukewarm yearning for awakening is not enough to sustain us through the difficulties involved in letting go. 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