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title: "1 Great Beauty Quotes By Joan Halifax"
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> [Kaz's wilder work captures the great beauty of the human heart and the natural world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/kaz-s-wilder-work-captures-the-great-beauty-of-the-human-heart-and/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

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## More by Joan Halifax

> [We have even done a weekend on Japanese grammar! Not that I know anything about Japanese grammar, but it was Kaz's idea, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/we-have-even-done-a-weekend-on-japanese-grammar-not-that-i-know/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/developing-our-capacity-for-compassion-makes-it-possible-for-us-to/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [Buddhist practice is the grounding for this work, this life, this way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/buddhist-practice-is-the-grounding-for-this-work-this-life-this-way/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [ We have been teaching together \[with Kaz\] now for more than twenty years in sesshins, in international travel programs in Japan and China, as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/we-have-been-teaching-together-with-kaz-now-for-more-than-twenty/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [All are interconnected...the environment; rights of the dying; care of caregivers; education and medical care for peoples of the Himalayas; prison work; those living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/all-are-interconnected-the-environment-rights-of-the-dying-care-of/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [“Within and around the earth, within and around the hills, within and around the mountains your authority returns to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/within-and-around-the-earth-within-and-around-the-hills-within-and/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [“Some of us are drawn to mountains the way the moon draws the tide. Both the great forests and the mountains live in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/some-of-us-are-drawn-to-mountains-the-way-the-moon-draws-the-tide/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [I am working on a technical paper on compassion. So I am reading everything I can on the subject, including my own mind and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/i-am-working-on-a-technical-paper-on-compassion-so-i-am-reading/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [ \[Kaz\] is a great scholar, very funny - a true man of no rank! ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/kaz-is-a-great-scholar-very-funny-a-true-man-of-no-rank/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/compassion-has-enemies-and-those-enemies-are-things-like-pity-moral/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [The roots of all living things are tied together. Deep in the ground of being, they tangle and embrace. This understanding is expressed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/the-roots-of-all-living-things-are-tied-together-deep-in-the-ground/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [ I remember having a discussion with \[Kaz\] about his translation of the word shunyata as "boundlessness," instead of the more traditional "emptiness." I said:… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/i-remember-having-a-discussion-with-kaz-about-his-translation-of-the/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [If compassion is so good for us, why don't we train our health care providers in compassion so that they can do what they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/if-compassion-is-so-good-for-us-why-don-t-we-train-our-health-care/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [May I see my own limits with compassion, just as I view the limits of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/may-i-see-my-own-limits-with-compassion-just-as-i-view-the-limits-of/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [Cease consuming, practice generosity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/cease-consuming-practice-generosity/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

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