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title: "29 Life Quotes By Tara Brach"
description: "29 Life quotes by Tara Brach. Plus more from Tara Brach and more Life sayings from other authors."
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> [What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/what-would-it-be-like-if-i-could-accept-life-accept-this-moment/)

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

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> [There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/there-is-something-wonderfully-bold-and-liberating-about-saying-yes/)

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

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> [When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/when-we-put-down-ideas-of-what-life-should-be-like-we-are-free-to/)

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

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> [“I’m skimming over life and racing to the finish line—death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/i-m-skimming-over-life-and-racing-to-the-finish-line-death/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [Nothing is wrong—whatever is happening is just “real life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/nothing-is-wrong-whatever-is-happening-is-just-real-life/)

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

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> [This longing to express and celebrate life is innate and quite beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/this-longing-to-express-and-celebrate-life-is-innate-and-quite/)

[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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> [The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-most-powerful-healing-arises-from-the-simple-intention-to-love/)

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

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> [Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/feeling-compassion-for-ourselves-in-no-way-releases-us-from/)

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

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> [“We withdraw from our experience of the present moment. We pull away from the raw feelings of fear and shame by incessantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-withdraw-from-our-experience-of-the-present-moment-we-pull-away/)

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

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> [When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/when-we-relax-about-imperfection-we-no-longer-lose-our-life-moments/)

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

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> [My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an…](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/)

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> [“Attention is the most basic form of love. By paying attention we let ourselves be touched by life , and our hearts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/attention-is-the-most-basic-form-of-love-by-paying-attention-we-let/)

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

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> [We wait for things to be different in order to feel okay with life. As long as we keep attaching our happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-wait-for-things-to-be-different-in-order-to-feel-okay-with-life-as/)

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

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> [There is so much division in this world. So what is really the path of healing? It can begin in this moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/there-is-so-much-division-in-this-world-so-what-is-really-the-path-of/)

[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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> [I recently read in the book My Stroke of Insight by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor that the natural life span of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/i-recently-read-in-the-book-my-stroke-of-insight-by-brain-scientist/)

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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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> [I registered the dukkha of self-aversion with such clarity that I knew there was no freedom unless I could love this life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/i-registered-the-dukkha-of-self-aversion-with-such-clarity-that-i/)

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

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> [“Radical Acceptance reverses our habit of living at war with experiences that are unfamiliar, frightening or intense. It is the necessary antidote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/radical-acceptance-reverses-our-habit-of-living-at-war-with/)

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

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> [Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/perhaps-the-biggest-tragedy-of-our-lives-is-that-freedom-is-possible-2/)

[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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> [Even going through the motions is a way of establishing a new relationship with our inner life that is caring and tender,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/even-going-through-the-motions-is-a-way-of-establishing-a-new/)

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

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> [We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-are-uncomfortable-because-everything-in-our-life-keeps-changing/)

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

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> [My understanding is that to love, we need to be able to totally surrender to the living/dying nature of this world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/my-understanding-is-that-to-love-we-need-to-be-able-to-totally/)

[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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> [“to failure.” Playing it safe requires that we avoid risky situations—which covers pretty much all of life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/to-failure-playing-it-safe-requires-that-we-avoid-risky-situations/)

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

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> [We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe in the beauty around us, to dance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-may-want-to-love-other-people-without-holding-back-to-feel/)

[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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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