--- title: "19 Psychology Quotes By Tara Brach" description: "19 Psychology quotes by Tara Brach. Plus more from Tara Brach and more Psychology sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/tara-brach-1898_arise_stories-about-ourselves-and-about-the-wo_253085.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/tara-brach-1898_arise_stories-about-ourselves-and-about-the-wo_253085.png) > [Just come into stillness. Have your intention be to relax with the breath. That will begin to set in motion a habit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/just-come-into-stillness-have-your-intention-be-to-relax-with-the/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/tara-brach-1898_breath_just-come-into-stillness-have-your-inten_2627519.png) > [With mindfulness training we are able to recognize when we get lost in our mental dramas, and bring a kind and nonreactive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/with-mindfulness-training-we-are-able-to-recognize-when-we-get-lost/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/tara-brach-1898_able_with-mindfulness-training-we-are-able-to_530021.png) > [In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what's happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/in-a-basic-way-acceptance-is-seeing-clearly-what-s-happening-and/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/tara-brach-1898_acceptance_in-a-basic-way-acceptance-is-seeing-clea_2430427.png) > [I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/i-would-say-both-western-psychology-and-eastern-paths-would-recognize/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/tara-brach-1898_caught_i-would-say-both-western-psychology-and_3178525.png) > [Managing life from our mental control towers, we have separated ourselves from our bodies and hearts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/managing-life-from-our-mental-control-towers-we-have-separated/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45d/tara-brach-1898_body_managing-life-from-our-mental-control-to_2771478.png) > [The process of radical acceptance is to accept that a story has appeared in the mind, and then deepen the attention to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-process-of-radical-acceptance-is-to-accept-that-a-story-has/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/tara-brach-1898_acceptance_the-process-of-radical-acceptance-is-to_2524051.png) > [What would it be like if, right in the midst of this busyness, we were to consciously take our hands off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/what-would-it-be-like-if-right-in-the-midst-of-this-busyness-we-were/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/tara-brach-1898_computation_what-would-it-be-like-if-right-in-the-mi_1860762.jpg) > [We are mindful of desire when we experience it with an embodied awareness, recognizing the sensations and thoughts of wanting as arising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-are-mindful-of-desire-when-we-experience-it-with-an-embodied/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/tara-brach-1898_acceptance_we-are-mindful-of-desire-when-we-experie_728746.jpg) > [I think the reason Buddhism and Western psychology are so compatible is that Western psychology helps to identify the stories and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/i-think-the-reason-buddhism-and-western-psychology-are-so-compatible/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/tara-brach-1898_awareness_i-think-the-reason-buddhism-and-western_399533.jpg) > [You have a unique body and mind, with a particular history and conditioning. No one can offer you a formula for navigating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/you-have-a-unique-body-and-mind-with-a-particular-history-and/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/tara-brach-1898_all-state_you-have-a-unique-body-and-mind-with-a-p_1508243.jpg) > [It is natural that our minds replay old stories, because that is our own mechanism for trying to work out unresolved problems.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/tara-brach-1898_awakening_it-is-natural-that-our-minds-replay-old_2677.png) > [“If we are taken over by craving, no matter who or what is before us, all we can see is how it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/if-we-are-taken-over-by-craving-no-matter-who-or-what-is-before-us/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/tara-brach-1898_autumn-leaves_if-we-are-taken-over-by-craving-no-matte_839778.png) > [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) > [I might find that I have a habit of being jealous and comparing myself with other people and riveting my attention on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/i-might-find-that-i-have-a-habit-of-being-jealous-and-comparing/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/tara-brach-1898_attention_i-might-find-that-i-have-a-habit-of-bein_2302606.jpg) > [When I watch that attachment happening, I see the beliefs that I have around it. If somebody's not paying attention to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/when-i-watch-that-attachment-happening-i-see-the-beliefs-that-i-have/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/tara-brach-1898_attachment_when-i-watch-that-attachment-happening-i_1953194.png) > [“Whatever you think or do regularly becomes a habit, a strongly conditioned pathway in the brain. The more you think about what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/whatever-you-think-or-do-regularly-becomes-a-habit-a-strongly/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/tara-brach-1898_addiction_whatever-you-think-or-do-regularly-becom_2191553.png) > [“After several days, I had a pivotal interview with my teacher. When I described how I’d become so overwhelmed, she calmly asked,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/after-several-days-i-had-a-pivotal-interview-with-my-teacher-when-i/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/tara-brach-1898_desire_after-several-days-i-had-a-pivotal-inter_269260.jpg) ## Other authors on Psychology - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 457 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 218 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 201 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/rajneesh/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 190 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 178 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-napoleon-hill-70196.jpg) Napoleon Hill 157 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/napoleon-hill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/dalai-lama/) - [Samuel Johnson 134 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jiddu-krishnamurti-49572.jpg) Jiddu Krishnamurti 134 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/jiddu-krishnamurti/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 133 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 123 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gautama-buddha-37107.jpg) Gautama Buddha 108 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/gautama-buddha/) ## 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/psychology/tara-brach/#itemlist", "name": "19 Psychology Quotes By Tara Brach", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tara Brach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/stories-about-ourselves-and-about-the-world-continually-arise-in-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/tara-brach-1898_arise_stories-about-ourselves-and-about-the-wo_253085.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/tara-brach-1898_arise_stories-about-ourselves-and-about-the-wo_253085.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/tara-brach-1898_arise_stories-about-ourselves-and-about-the-wo_253085.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about…” — Tara Brach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Just come into stillness. 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