“Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Grief helps us to relinquish the illusion that the past could be different from what it was.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Letting go of the belief that we’re powerless to help relieve our own suffering enhances our ability not only to heal but… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Letting go is actually a healthy foundation upon which we can open up to real love—to giving, receiving, and experiencing it authentically… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness can be bittersweet. It contains the sweetness of the release of a story that has caused us pain, but also the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
There is no 'thing' to let go of, but a concept, an idea of an ego that burdens us. As soon as… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a matter of trying to stop thinking or make your mind go blank but rather to realize when your… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
We can travel a long way in life and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“There is a sentiment common among most of us when it comes to love—letting go can feel scary.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
To remember non-attachment is to remember what freedom is all about. If we get attached, even to a beautiful state of being,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The cultivation of generosity is the beginning of spiritual awakening. Generosity has tremendous force because it arises from an inner quality of… — 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
