Time Quotes by Sharon Salzberg

Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.

— Sharon Salzberg

We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.

— Sharon Salzberg

“Through meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“The first time a meditation teacher encouraged me to practice mindfulness—which”

— Sharon Salzberg

Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look.

— Sharon Salzberg

Its never too late to take a moment to look.

— Sharon Salzberg

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.

— Sharon Salzberg

“Self-love is an unfolding process that gains strength over time, not a goal with a fixed end point.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Every time we forget to breathe or our minds wander or we’re hijacked by feelings or sensations, we gently bring ourselves back…

— Sharon Salzberg

Meditation is a tool for helping us accept the profound fact that everything changes all the time.

— Sharon Salzberg

“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

“The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Grief helps us to relinquish the illusion that the past could be different from what it was.”

— Sharon Salzberg

While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.

— Sharon Salzberg

“As soon as we ask whether or not a story is true in the present moment, we empower ourselves to re-frame it.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Thich Nhat Hanh: “To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Real Love for ourselves by definition includes every aspect of our lives—the good, the bad, the difficult, the challenging past, the uncertain…

— Sharon Salzberg

The moment that we realize our attention has wandered is the magic moment of the practice, because that's the moment we have…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment…

— Sharon Salzberg

“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

We apply our effort to be mindful, to be aware in this very moment, right here and now, and we bring a…

— Sharon Salzberg

There's a famous quotation from the time the Buddha learned of the deaths of two of his greatest disciples: "It's as if…

— Sharon Salzberg

In a single moment we can understand we are not just facing a knee pain, or our discouragement and our wishing the…

— Sharon Salzberg

There are many times when I have to remind myself that people who harm others are coming from a place of profound…

— Sharon Salzberg

The critical element in meditation practice is beginning again. Everyone loses focus at times, everyone loses interest at times, and everyone gets…

— Sharon Salzberg

It is because of that balanced relationship to the moment that mindfulness serves as the platform for insight... if we feel an…

— Sharon Salzberg

“That is why we do not hold an understanding of karma in a narrow way.  It is an extremely vast vision of…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Our minds tend to race ahead into the future or replay the past, but our bodies are always in the present moment.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“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

“We’re in charge of our own forgiveness, and the process takes time, patience, and intention.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Each opportunity to interrupt the onslaught of thoughts and return to the object of meditation is, in fact, a moment of enlightenment”

— Sharon Salzberg

“These are times when sympathetic joy comes naturally, but in a complex relationship the heart may not leap up so easily.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“We exercise kindness in any moment when we recognize our shared humanity—with all the hopes, dreams, joys, disappointments, vulnerability, and suffering that…

— Sharon Salzberg

At times when I am myself sitting at a retreat, and at the end I get into my car to drive away,…

— Sharon Salzberg

We like things to manifest right away, and they may not. Many times, we're just planting a seed and we don't know…

— Sharon Salzberg

“When we constantly hear that we should be smarter, better connected, more productive, wealthier—it takes real courage to claim the time and…

— Sharon Salzberg

“When we truly allow ourselves to feel our own pain, over time it comes to seem less personal. We start to recognize…

— Sharon Salzberg

Everyone's mind wanders, without doubt, and we always have to start over. Everyone resists or dislikes the thought of or is too…

— Sharon Salzberg

“When we respond to our pain and suffering with love, understanding, and acceptance—for ourselves, as well as others— over time, we can…

— Sharon Salzberg