“Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts it in peril.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The wholesome pursuit of excellence feels quite different from perfectionism.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“We can use meditation as a way to experiment with new ways of relating to ourselves, even our uncomfortable thoughts.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“By experimenting with sympathetic joy, we break from the constricted world of individual struggle and see that joy exists in more places… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The more we identify and acknowledge moments when we’re unable to share in someone else’s pleasure and ask ourselves whether another person’s… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Wholehearted acceptance is a basic element of love, starting with love for ourselves, and a gateway to joy. Through the practices of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“What happens in our hearts is our field of freedom. As long as we carry old wounds and anger in our hearts,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people in abusive situations think they’re responsible for the other person’s happiness or that they’re going to fix them and make… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Love simply, perpetually exists and that it’s a matter of psychic housekeeping to make room for it.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“So often, fear keeps us from being able to say yes to love—perhaps our greatest challenge as human beings.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Love seems to open and expand us right down to the cellular level, while fear causes us to contract and withdraw into… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we approach the journey acknowledging what we do not know and what we can’t control, we maintain our energy for the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness is a process, an admittedly difficult one that often can feel like a rigorous spiritual practice.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we identify the thoughts that keep us from seeing others as they truly are we prepare the ground for real love.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“By accepting and learning to embrace the inevitable sorrows of life, we realize that we can experience a more enduring sense of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Love is defined by difficult acts of human compassion & generosity.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Some things hurt, you know, and there's pain. But we magnify the suffering of it often, I think, by our reactions. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Loving ourselves calls us to give up the illusion that we can control everything and focuses us on building our inner resource of resilience.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we believe a wounding story, our whole world is diminished.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The paradigm for our relationships is formed from our earliest experiences and is actually hardwired into our neurological and emotional network.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we open our hearts to the breadth of our experiences, we learn to tune into our needs, unique perceptions, thoughts & feelings” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“As we explore new ways of loving and being loved by others, we need to equip ourselves with open, pliant minds; we need to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
