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title: "24 Heart Quotes By Tara Brach"
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> [If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/if-our-hearts-are-ready-for-anything-we-are-touched-by-the-beauty-and/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/even-a-few-moments-of-offering-lovingkindness-can-reconnect-you-with/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-two-wings-of-mindfulness-and-kindness-will-begin-to-open-the/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-can-find-true-refuge-within-our-own-hearts-and-minds-right-here-2/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/radical-acceptance-embracing-your-life-with-the-heart-of-a-buddha/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Managing life from our mental control towers, we have separated ourselves from our bodies and hearts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/managing-life-from-our-mental-control-towers-we-have-separated/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Making a U-turn from our thoughts to our feelings re-connects us to our own inner experience and creates the grounds for connecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/making-a-u-turn-from-our-thoughts-to-our-feelings-re-connects-us-to/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [This is for anyone reading this who wants to explore it. Recognize the thought, "Afraid of loving," then gently put your hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/this-is-for-anyone-reading-this-who-wants-to-explore-it-recognize-the/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Everything we love goes. So to be able to grieve that loss, to let go, to have that grief be absolutely full,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/everything-we-love-goes-so-to-be-able-to-grieve-that-loss-to-let-go/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Meditation helps us gain the capacity to relax, to connect with what is going on right here and right now, to connect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/meditation-helps-us-gain-the-capacity-to-relax-to-connect-with-what/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Unless we're completely awake, have a degree of that. We tense against love and hold on in a way that doesn't let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/unless-we-re-completely-awake-have-a-degree-of-that-we-tense-against/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/through-the-sacred-art-of-pausing-we-develop-the-capacity-to-stop/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/by-regarding-ourselves-with-kindness-we-begin-to-dissolve-the/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [When you are in touch with your body and heart, it allows you to then be in the world and act with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/when-you-are-in-touch-with-your-body-and-heart-it-allows-you-to-then/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-intimacy-that-arises-in-listening-and-speaking-truth-is-only/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/clearly-recognizing-what-is-happening-inside-us-and-regarding-what-we/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [The next time you find yourself in some way trying desperately to land safely, your compassion might be what finally gives you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-next-time-you-find-yourself-in-some-way-trying-desperately-to/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [When I watch that attachment happening, I see the beliefs that I have around it. If somebody's not paying attention to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/when-i-watch-that-attachment-happening-i-see-the-beliefs-that-i-have/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/if-our-hearts-are-ready-for-anything-we-can-open-to-our-inevitable/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Most of us need to be reminded that we are good, that we are lovable, that we belong. If we knew just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/most-of-us-need-to-be-reminded-that-we-are-good-that-we-are-lovable/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-can-find-true-refuge-within-our-own-hearts-and-minds-right-here/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/my-first-book-radical-acceptance-grew-out-of-the-suffering-of-feeling/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/imagine-you-are-walking-in-the-woods-and-you-see-a-small-dog-sitting/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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> [With an undefended heart, we can fall in love with life over and over every day. We can become children of wonder,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/with-an-undefended-heart-we-can-fall-in-love-with-life-over-and-over/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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## More by Tara Brach

> [It is natural that our minds replay old stories, because that is our own mechanism for trying to work out unresolved problems. Yet rerunning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/it-is-natural-that-our-minds-replay-old-stories-because-that-is-our/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [The great gift of a spiritual path is coming to trust that you can find a way to true refuge. You realize that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-great-gift-of-a-spiritual-path-is-coming-to-trust-that-you-can/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/sometimes-the-easiest-way-to-appreciate-ourselves-is-by-looking/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [By taking the time to explore charged memories in therapy we might uncover feelings that have been buried for decades.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/by-taking-the-time-to-explore-charged-memories-in-therapy-we-might/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [To me, bringing mindfulness-bas ed practices to students, teachers and parents is some of the most important work we can be doing. If we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/to-me-bringing-mindfulness-bas-ed-practices-to-students-teachers-and/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [The mistake we make is that when we're feeling another person is not treating us in the way that makes us feel secure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-mistake-we-make-is-that-when-we-re-feeling-another-person-is-not/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/emotions-are-the-interaction-of-thoughts-and-of-sensations-in-the-body/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/our-attitude-in-the-face-of-life-s-challenges-determines-our/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [Become a witness to your thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/become-a-witness-to-your-thoughts/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an experience of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/my-prayer-became-may-i-find-peace-may-i-love-this-life-no-matter-what/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [When we see the secret beauty of anyone, including ourselves, we see past our judgment and fear into the core of who we truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/when-we-see-the-secret-beauty-of-anyone-including-ourselves-we-see/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [I think it's possible to have experiences of love without attachment, but I think part of our conditioning is to grasp at times, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/i-think-it-s-possible-to-have-experiences-of-love-without-attachment/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/but-this-revolutionary-act-of-treating-ourselves-tenderly-can-begin/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/stories-about-ourselves-and-about-the-world-continually-arise-in-our/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

> [Discovering a richer quality of being-ness means to keep surrendering and letting go of resistance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/discovering-a-richer-quality-of-being-ness-means-to-keep-surrendering/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

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