Moments Quotes by Jack Kornfield

In sitting on the meditation cushion and assuming the meditation posture, we connect ourselves with the present moment in this body and…

— Jack Kornfield

No matter what situation we find ourselves in, we can always set our compass to our highest intentions in the present moment

— Jack Kornfield

There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.

— Jack Kornfield

Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there.

— Jack Kornfield

Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?

— Jack Kornfield

When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in…

— Jack Kornfield

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

— Jack Kornfield

To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.

— Jack Kornfield

Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You…

— Jack Kornfield

When we let go of yearning for the future, preoccupation with the past, and strategies to protect the present, there is nowhere…

— Jack Kornfield

Love creates a communion with life. Love expands us, connects us, sweetens us, ennobles us. Love springs up in tender concern, it…

— Jack Kornfield

In any moment we can learn to let go of hatred and fear. We can rest in peace, love, and forgiveness. It…

— Jack Kornfield

Nirvana manifests as ease, as love, as connectedness, as generosity, as clarity, as unshakable freedom. This isn’t watering down nirvana. This is…

— Jack Kornfield

The present moment is really all that we have. The only place you can really love another person is in the present.…

— Jack Kornfield

Some other people think that awakened consciousness is really about fullness or presence, being completely present for every moment, but these experiences…

— Jack Kornfield

Whatever your difficulties - a devastated heart, financial loss, feeling assaulted by the conflicts around you, or a seemingly hopeless illness -…

— Jack Kornfield

Even time is a concept. In reality we are always in the eternal present. The past is just a memory, the future…

— Jack Kornfield

“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in…

— Jack Kornfield

Gratitude is the confidence in life itself... As gratitude grows it gives rise to joy. We experience the courage to rejoice in…

— Jack Kornfield

A bulging portfolio of spiritual experiences matters little if it does not have the power to sustain us through the inevitable moments…

— Jack Kornfield

When I sit with students, I do not just want to help them solve their problems. I want to find a moment…

— Jack Kornfield

We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.

— Jack Kornfield