“When we identify the thoughts that keep us from seeing others as they truly are we prepare the ground for real love.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“To truly love ourselves, we must challenge our beliefs that we need to be different or better.” — 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
“Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“To imagine the way we think is the singular causative agent of all we go through is to practice cruelty toward ourselves.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“If we stretch ourselves to open our minds, to see our shared humanity with others, we allow ourselves to see the existence… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we do our best to treat others with kindness, it’s often a struggle to determine which actions best express our love… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories… — 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
“From our first breath to our last, we’re presented again and again with the opportunity to experience deep, lasting, and trans-formative connection… — 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
“When we set an intention to explore our emotional hot spots, we create a pathway to real love.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Cultivation of positive emotions, including self-love and self-respect, strengthens our inner resources and opens us to a broader range of thoughts and… — 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
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
