Pain Quotes by Jack Kornfield

We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.

— Jack Kornfield

Great pain, when it is honored from the heart, opens into great understanding.

— Jack Kornfield

According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the…

— Jack Kornfield

But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance…

— Jack Kornfield

Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.

— Jack Kornfield

Strength of the Heart comes from knowing that the pain that we each must bear is part of the greater pain shared…

— Jack Kornfield

If we are engaged in actions that cause pain and conflict to ourselves and others, it is impossible for the mind to…

— Jack Kornfield

One of the essential tasks for living a wise life is letting go. Letting go is the path to freedom. It is…

— Jack Kornfield

When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have…

— Jack Kornfield

In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how…

— Jack Kornfield

When our identity expands to include everything, we find a peace with the dance of the world. The ocean of life rises…

— Jack Kornfield

Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy…

— Jack Kornfield

“most often the kinds of pains we encounter in meditative attention are not indications of physical problems. They are the painful, physical…

— Jack Kornfield

We need courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit. But the place for this warrior strength is in the heart. We…

— Jack Kornfield

The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are. To follow a path with heart, we must understand the…

— Jack Kornfield

Finding a way to extend forgiveness to ourselves is one of our most essential tasks. Just as others have been caught in…

— Jack Kornfield

Compassion arises naturally as the quivering of the heart in the face of pain, ours and another's. True compassion is not limited…

— Jack Kornfield

It takes courage to grieve, to honor the pain we carry. We can grieve in tears or in meditative silence, in prayer…

— Jack Kornfield

You are the mystery incarnating itself, and it's beautiful when you remember. It's also painful and awesome and it contains unbearable beauty…

— Jack Kornfield

We each have been betrayed. Let yourself picture and remember the many ways this is true. Feel the sorrow you have carried…

— Jack Kornfield

There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of…

— Jack Kornfield