“Love is defined by difficult acts of human compassion & generosity.” — 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
“The costs of keeping secrets include our growing isolation due to fear of detection and the ways we shut down inside to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Feelings of apathy as they relate to our relationships often stem from insufficiently paying attention to those around us.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“if we really look at our actions with eyes of love, we see that our lives can be more straightforward, simpler, less… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we feel conflicted about a particular decision or action, our bodies often hold the answer—if we take the time to stop… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“It's tough to have an authentic relationship with awe in the age of awesome, a word that has become so overused as… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Without equanimity, we might give love to others only in an effort to bridge the inevitable and healthy space that always exists… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we direct a lot of hostile energy toward the inner critic, we enter into a losing battle.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“We nurture our sense of connection with the larger whole, noticing that the whole is only as healthy as its smallest part.” — 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
“Letting go of the belief that we’re powerless to help relieve our own suffering enhances our ability not only to heal but… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness allows us to shift the angle on our story and to remember that we have the capacity to learn and change… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Our can-do culture has made many of us believe that we should always be self-sufficient. Somewhere along the way, we also got… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Our minds tend to race ahead into the future or replay the past, but our bodies are always in the present moment.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Be open to the possibility that there are other paths available to you in relating to yourself and to another.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The good news is that opportunities for love enter our lives unpredictably, whether or not we’ve perfected self-compassion or befriended our inner… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Whether we fear the existence of boundaries with others or crave more of them, there’s no denying that individuation and separation are… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.” — 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
“The environment we create can help heal us or fracture us. This is true not just for buildings and landscapes but also… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“In order to free ourselves from our assumptions about love, we must ask ourselves what long-held, often buried assumptions are and then… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“There’s no denying that it takes effort to set the intention to see our fundamental connected-ness with others.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
