“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some cases the… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are. To follow a path with heart, we must understand the… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Religion and philosophy have their value, but in the end all we can do is open to mystery and live a path… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
We can easily become loyal to our suffering … but it's not the end of the path. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
How did we get into this funny-looking body that has a hole at one end in which we regularly stuff dead plants… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The ends do not justify the means. If our actions will bring harm to others, even in the service of some 'good,'… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well? — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The questions asked at the end of lie are very simple ones: Did I love well? Did I love the people around… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
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… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise our spirituality… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“Working with these distractions, steadying the canoe, letting the waves pass by, and coming back again and again in a quiet and collected way,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
