--- title: "16 Moments Quotes By Tara Brach" description: "16 Moments quotes by Tara Brach. Plus more from Tara Brach and more Moments sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/tara-brach-1898_accept_what-would-it-be-like-if-i-could-accept_644446.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/tara-brach-1898_accept_what-would-it-be-like-if-i-could-accept_644446.png) > [We are waiting for the next moment to contain what this moment does not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-are-waiting-for-the-next-moment-to-contain-what-this-moment-does/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/tara-brach-1898_doe_we-are-waiting-for-the-next-moment-to-co_852242.png) > [Take moments to savor what is beautiful and good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/take-moments-to-savor-what-is-beautiful-and-good/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/tara-brach-1898_beautiful_take-moments-to-savor-what-is-beautiful_1685260.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/tara-brach-1898_being-different_when-we-relax-about-imperfection-we-no-l_1317683.png) > [Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/even-a-few-moments-of-offering-lovingkindness-can-reconnect-you-with/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/tara-brach-1898_heart_even-a-few-moments-of-offering-lovingkin_2166162.png) > [We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-can-find-true-refuge-within-our-own-hearts-and-minds-right-here-2/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/tara-brach-1898_heart_we-can-find-true-refuge-within-our-own-h_2651922.png) > [Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/meditation-helps-us-to-get-out-of-our-thoughts-about-the-future-and/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/tara-brach-1898_helping_meditation-helps-us-to-get-out-of-our-th_2350951.png) > [Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/pain-is-not-wrong-reacting-to-pain-as-wrong-initiates-the-trance-of/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e1/tara-brach-1898_believe_pain-is-not-wrong-reacting-to-pain-as-wr_2361825.png) > [Because we have such a deeply grooved conditioning to reject and condemn ourselves, particularly in this culture, I find that emphasis on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/because-we-have-such-a-deeply-grooved-conditioning-to-reject-and/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/tara-brach-1898_acceptance_because-we-have-such-a-deeply-grooved-co_2449047.png) > [In any moment, no matter how lost we feel, we can take refuge in presence and love. We need only pause, breathe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/in-any-moment-no-matter-how-lost-we-feel-we-can-take-refuge-in/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/tara-brach-1898_and-love_in-any-moment-no-matter-how-lost-we-feel_2354266.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/tara-brach-1898_children_with-an-undefended-heart-we-can-fall-in_1786054.png) > [Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/fear-of-being-a-flawed-person-lay-at-the-root-of-my-trance-and-i-had/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/tara-brach-1898_fear_fear-of-being-a-flawed-person-lay-at-the_968526.png) > [The great gift of a spiritual path is coming to trust that you can find a way to true refuge. You realize…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/tara-brach-1898_awareness_the-great-gift-of-a-spiritual-path-is-co_16760.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/tara-brach-1898_beautiful_we-are-uncomfortable-because-everything_1875989.png) > [The emotion of fear often works overtime. Even when there is no immediate threat, our body may remain tight and on guard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-emotion-of-fear-often-works-overtime-even-when-there-is-no/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/tara-brach-1898_body_the-emotion-of-fear-often-works-overtime_2873190.png) > [We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-can-find-true-refuge-within-our-own-hearts-and-minds-right-here/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/tara-brach-1898_and-love_we-can-find-true-refuge-within-our-own-h_967032.jpg) ## Other authors on Moments - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 167 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 144 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 109 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 96 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-deepak-chopra-28468.jpg) Deepak Chopra 76 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/deepak-chopra/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 72 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nhat-hanh-70939.jpg) Nhat Hanh 57 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/nhat-hanh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/cassandra-clare/) - [Neale Donald Walsch 52 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/neale-donald-walsch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wayne-dyer-94637.jpg) Wayne Dyer 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/wayne-dyer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pema-chodron-74476.jpg) Pema Chodron 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/pema-ch-dr-n/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 42 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/rumi/) ## 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/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) > [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/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) > [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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moments/tara-brach/#itemlist", "name": "16 Moments Quotes By Tara Brach", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": 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