“The practice of loving-kindness is about cultivating love as a trans-formative strength,” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Mindfulness needs to not be judgmental to really be mindfulness, which means it needs a basis of loving kindness. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Concepts such as loving kindness should never be used as weapons against our real feelings.” — 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
“Loving kindness practice helps us move out of the terrain of our default narratives if they tend to be based on fear… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I have seen that there are a number of people who benefit from doing loving kindness meditation, either prior to or along… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Cultivating loving kindness for ourselves is the foundation of real love for our friends and family, for new people we encounter in… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference -… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Loving kindness is a form of love that truly is an ability, and, as research scientists have show, it can be learned.… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Wholehearted acceptance is a basic element of love, starting with love for ourselves, and a gateway to joy. Through the practices of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Loving kindness is the spirit of friendship toward yourself and others. — 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
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
