“The journey to loving ourselves doesn’t mean we like everything.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Paying attention to the ethical implications of our choices has never been more pressing—or more complicated—than it is today.” — 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
“No connection is always easy or free of strife, no matter how many minutes a day we meditate. It’s how we relate… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the… — 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
“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
“Any time we find ourselves relying on the ideas of an absolute, frozen state of right and wrong—or fairness versus unfairness—that we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The secure attachment of Western psychology is actually akin to Buddhist non-attachment; avoid-ant attachment is the inverse of being mindful and present;… — 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
“We cannot instantaneously force ourselves to forgive—and forgiveness happens at a different pace for everyone and is dependent on the particulars of… — 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
“As we explore new ways of loving and being loved by others, we need to equip ourselves with open, pliant minds; we… — 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
“Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Sanskrit has different words to describe love for a brother or sister, love for a teacher, love for a partner, love for… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Though it may seem counter intuitive to our inner perfectionist, recognizing our mistakes as valuable lessons (not failures) helps us lay the… — 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… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When our focus is on seeking, perfecting, or clinging to romance, the charge is often generated by instability, rather than by an… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Cultivation of positive emotions, including self-love and self-respect, strengthens our inner resources and opens us to a broader range of thoughts and… — 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
“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
“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
“Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life.… — 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
“The more we practice sympathetic joy, the more we come to realize that the happiness we share with others is inseparable from… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“One foundation of loving relationships is curiosity, keeping open to the idea that we have much to learn even about those we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“If we turn away from our own pain, we may find ourselves projecting this aversion onto others, seeing them as somehow inadequate… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Whatever language we use use to describe healthy relationships, when we’re in them, we feel nourished by them, in body as well… — 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
“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
“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
“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
“Everyone we interact with has the capacity to surprise us in an infinite number of ways. What can first open us up… — 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
