--- title: "23 Time Quotes By Tara Brach" description: "23 Time quotes by Tara Brach. Plus more from Tara Brach and more Time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/tara-brach-1898_accept_what-would-it-be-like-if-i-could-accept_644446.png" --- > [What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/what-would-it-be-like-if-i-could-accept-life-accept-this-moment/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/tara-brach-1898_accept_what-would-it-be-like-if-i-could-accept_644446.png) > [We are waiting for the next moment to contain what this moment does not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-are-waiting-for-the-next-moment-to-contain-what-this-moment-does/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/tara-brach-1898_doe_we-are-waiting-for-the-next-moment-to-co_852242.png) > [Take moments to savor what is beautiful and good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/take-moments-to-savor-what-is-beautiful-and-good/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/tara-brach-1898_beautiful_take-moments-to-savor-what-is-beautiful_1685260.png) > [“We withdraw from our experience of the present moment. We pull away from the raw feelings of fear and shame by incessantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-withdraw-from-our-experience-of-the-present-moment-we-pull-away/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/tara-brach-1898_fear_we-withdraw-from-our-experience-of-the-p_537022.jpg) > [When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/when-we-relax-about-imperfection-we-no-longer-lose-our-life-moments/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/tara-brach-1898_being-different_when-we-relax-about-imperfection-we-no-l_1317683.png) > [A lot of times in spiritual communities, detachment is considered to be an expression of being spiritually evolved when often, we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/a-lot-of-times-in-spiritual-communities-detachment-is-considered-to/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af1/tara-brach-1898_community_a-lot-of-times-in-spiritual-communities_2462447.png) > [Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/even-a-few-moments-of-offering-lovingkindness-can-reconnect-you-with/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/tara-brach-1898_heart_even-a-few-moments-of-offering-lovingkin_2166162.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/tara-brach-1898_buried_by-taking-the-time-to-explore-charged-me_82946.png) > [There is so much division in this world. So what is really the path of healing? It can begin in this moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/there-is-so-much-division-in-this-world-so-what-is-really-the-path-of/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e58/tara-brach-1898_begin_there-is-so-much-division-in-this-world_1092664.png) > [“In anguish and desperation, I reached out as I had many times before to the presence I call the Beloved. This unconditionally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/in-anguish-and-desperation-i-reached-out-as-i-had-many-times-before/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/tara-brach-1898_love_in-anguish-and-desperation-i-reached-out_995652.jpg) > [People have to find their rhythm. Some people have need for more contact and time together and some people need more space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/people-have-to-find-their-rhythm-some-people-have-need-for-more/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/tara-brach-1898_contact_people-have-to-find-their-rhythm-some-pe_2241634.png) > [I think it's possible to have experiences of love without attachment, but I think part of our conditioning is to grasp at…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/tara-brach-1898_attachment_i-think-it-s-possible-to-have-experience_236338.png) > [“Most of the time Marilyn's mother remained unconscious, her breath labored and erratic. One morning before dawn, she suddenly opened her eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/most-of-the-time-marilyn-s-mother-remained-unconscious-her-breath/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/tara-brach-1898_coma_most-of-the-time-marilyn-s-mother-remain_807300.jpg) > [In any moment, no matter how lost we feel, we can take refuge in presence and love. We need only pause, breathe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/in-any-moment-no-matter-how-lost-we-feel-we-can-take-refuge-in/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/tara-brach-1898_and-love_in-any-moment-no-matter-how-lost-we-feel_2354266.png) > [“The biggest illusion about a path of refuge is that we are on our way somewhere else, on our way to becoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-biggest-illusion-about-a-path-of-refuge-is-that-we-are-on-our-way/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/tara-brach-1898_somewhere-else_the-biggest-illusion-about-a-path-of-ref_2282429.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) > [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) > [I recently read in the book My Stroke of Insight by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor that the natural life span of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/i-recently-read-in-the-book-my-stroke-of-insight-by-brain-scientist/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/tara-brach-1898_anxiety_i-recently-read-in-the-book-my-stroke-of_827277.png) > [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) > [The next time you find yourself in some way trying desperately to land safely, your compassion might be what finally gives you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-next-time-you-find-yourself-in-some-way-trying-desperately-to/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/tara-brach-1898_atmosphere_the-next-time-you-find-yourself-in-some_2463378.png) > [“Radical Acceptance reverses our habit of living at war with experiences that are unfamiliar, frightening or intense. It is the necessary antidote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/radical-acceptance-reverses-our-habit-of-living-at-war-with/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/tara-brach-1898_acceptance_radical-acceptance-reverses-our-habit-of_2092628.png) > [Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/learning-to-pause-is-the-first-step-in-the-practice-of-radical/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/tara-brach-1898_acceptance_learning-to-pause-is-the-first-step-in-t_540410.jpg) > [Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/meditation-helps-us-to-get-out-of-our-thoughts-about-the-future-and/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/tara-brach-1898_helping_meditation-helps-us-to-get-out-of-our-th_2350951.png) ## Other authors on Time - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 1,532 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 437 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 409 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 398 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 355 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/frederick-lenz/) - [Jarod Kintz 339 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 308 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/haruki-murakami/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 302 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 291 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 272 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 263 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 257 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## 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/time/tara-brach/#itemlist", "name": "23 Time Quotes By Tara Brach", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tara Brach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/what-would-it-be-like-if-i-could-accept-life-accept-this-moment/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/tara-brach-1898_accept_what-would-it-be-like-if-i-could-accept_644446.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/tara-brach-1898_accept_what-would-it-be-like-if-i-could-accept_644446.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/tara-brach-1898_accept_what-would-it-be-like-if-i-could-accept_644446.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?” — Tara Brach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are waiting for the next moment to contain what this moment does not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tara Brach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/we-are-waiting-for-the-next-moment-to-contain-what-this-moment-does/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/tara-brach-1898_doe_we-are-waiting-for-the-next-moment-to-co_852242.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/tara-brach-1898_doe_we-are-waiting-for-the-next-moment-to-co_852242.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/tara-brach-1898_doe_we-are-waiting-for-the-next-moment-to-co_852242.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are waiting for the next moment to contain what this moment does not.” — Tara Brach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Take moments to savor what is beautiful and good.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tara Brach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/take-moments-to-savor-what-is-beautiful-and-good/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/tara-brach-1898_beautiful_take-moments-to-savor-what-is-beautiful_1685260.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/tara-brach-1898_beautiful_take-moments-to-savor-what-is-beautiful_1685260.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/tara-brach-1898_beautiful_take-moments-to-savor-what-is-beautiful_1685260.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Take moments to savor what is beautiful and good.” — Tara Brach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We withdraw from our experience of the present moment. 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