--- title: "18 Self Quotes By Tara Brach" description: "18 Self quotes by Tara Brach. Plus more from Tara Brach and more Self sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/tara-brach-1898_arise_self-judgment-continues-to-arise-it-s-a_1799642.png" --- > [Self-judgment continues to arise - it's a strong habit - but the fact that I made a conscious commitment to recognize it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/self-judgment-continues-to-arise-it-s-a-strong-habit-but-the-fact/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/tara-brach-1898_arise_self-judgment-continues-to-arise-it-s-a_1799642.png) > [In the process of deeply accepting our own inner experience, instead of being identified with a story of a limited self, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/in-the-process-of-deeply-accepting-our-own-inner-experience-instead/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/tara-brach-1898_accepting_in-the-process-of-deeply-accepting-our-o_2857661.jpg) > [Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/awakening-self-compassion-is-often-the-greatest-challenge-people-face/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/tara-brach-1898_awakening_awakening-self-compassion-is-often-the-g_1924367.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) > [When we see the secret beauty of anyone, including ourselves, we see past our judgment and fear into the core of who…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/tara-brach-1898_beauty_when-we-see-the-secret-beauty-of-anyone_234101.png) > [Most of us grew up with a very damaging story that something is wrong with us. Gradually - or as in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/most-of-us-grew-up-with-a-very-damaging-story-that-something-is-wrong/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/tara-brach-1898_believe_most-of-us-grew-up-with-a-very-damaging_1918350.png) > [Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/feeling-compassion-for-ourselves-in-no-way-releases-us-from/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/tara-brach-1898_action_feeling-compassion-for-ourselves-in-no-w_1084746.png) > [I registered the dukkha of self-aversion with such clarity that I knew there was no freedom unless I could love this life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/i-registered-the-dukkha-of-self-aversion-with-such-clarity-that-i/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/tara-brach-1898_aversion_i-registered-the-dukkha-of-self-aversion_2542205.png) > [I sometimes call this our "spacesuit self" because we come into an environment that is difficult and challenging, where we're told to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/i-sometimes-call-this-our-spacesuit-self-because-we-come-into-an/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/tara-brach-1898_appreciated_i-sometimes-call-this-our-spacesuit-self_1762434.png) > [To me, bringing mindfulness-bas ed practices to students, teachers and parents is some of the most important work we can be doing.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/tara-brach-1898_creating_to-me-bringing-mindfulness-bas-ed-practi_87526.png) > [As I noticed feelings and thoughts appear and disappear, it became increasingly clear that they were just coming and going on their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/as-i-noticed-feelings-and-thoughts-appear-and-disappear-it-became/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/tara-brach-1898_clear_as-i-noticed-feelings-and-thoughts-appea_2253929.png) > [Unless we're completely awake, have a degree of that. We tense against love and hold on in a way that doesn't let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/unless-we-re-completely-awake-have-a-degree-of-that-we-tense-against/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1e/tara-brach-1898_against-love_unless-we-re-completely-awake-have-a-deg_584412.jpg) > [The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-spiritual-path-is-not-a-solo-endeavor-in-fact-the-very-notion-of/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/tara-brach-1898_company_the-spiritual-path-is-not-a-solo-endeavo_860709.png) > [Each time you meet an old emotional pattern with presence, your awakening to truth can deepen. There’s less identification with the self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/each-time-you-meet-an-old-emotional-pattern-with-presence-your/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/tara-brach-1898_ability_each-time-you-meet-an-old-emotional-patt_1113437.jpg) > [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) > [Feelings and stories of unworthiness and shame are perhaps the most binding element in the trance of fear. When we believe something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/feelings-and-stories-of-unworthiness-and-shame-are-perhaps-the-most/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccf/tara-brach-1898_anxiety_feelings-and-stories-of-unworthiness-and_1759173.jpg) > [By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/by-regarding-ourselves-with-kindness-we-begin-to-dissolve-the/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/tara-brach-1898_heart_by-regarding-ourselves-with-kindness-we_1230477.png) > [Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/fear-of-being-a-flawed-person-lay-at-the-root-of-my-trance-and-i-had/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/tara-brach-1898_fear_fear-of-being-a-flawed-person-lay-at-the_968526.png) ## Other authors on Self - [Dada Bhagwan 779 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/dada-bhagwan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 267 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 109 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/mahatma-gandhi/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 98 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ramana-maharshi-77157.jpg) Ramana Maharshi 94 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/ramana-maharshi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-deepak-chopra-28468.jpg) Deepak Chopra 89 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/deepak-chopra/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eric-hoffer-33497.jpg) Eric Hoffer 74 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/eric-hoffer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 69 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 57 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/dalai-lama/) ## 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/self/tara-brach/#itemlist", "name": "18 Self Quotes By Tara Brach", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Self-judgment continues to arise - 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