“Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“In order to free ourselves from our assumptions about love, we must ask ourselves what long-held, often buried assumptions are and then… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“There’s no denying that it takes effort to set the intention to see our fundamental connected-ness with others.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Real forgiveness in close relationships is never easy. It can’t be rushed or engineered.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Meditation isn’t about what’s happening; it’s about how you relate to what’s happening. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“No matter what we think we should do, I don’t think you can coerce yourself into loving your neighbor—or your boss—when you… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Loving kindness is the practice of offering to oneself and others wishes to be happy, peaceful, healthy, strong” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Sanskrit has different words to describe love for a brother or sister, love for a teacher, love for a partner, love for… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and to feel connected with others. Instead, we often contract, fear intimacy,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Love is a living capacity within us that is always present, even when we don’t sense it.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“You don't have to love yourself unconditionally before you can give or receive real love.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“I believe that there is only one kind of love—real love—trying to come alive in us despite our limiting assumptions, the distortions… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“With a clear intention and a willing spirit, sooner or later we experience the joy and freedom that arises when we recognize… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Love and compassion don't at all have to make us weak, or lead us to losing discernment and vision. We just have… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we are willing to explore our own experiences, we open the doorway to deeper connection and intimacy.” — 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
