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title: "1 Walk Slowly Quotes By Joan Halifax"
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> [When we walk slowly, the world can fully appear. Not only are the creatures not frightened away by our haste or aggression, but the fine detail of fern and flower, or devastation and disruption, becomes visible. Many of us hurry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/when-we-walk-slowly-the-world-can-fully-appear-not-only-are-the/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

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## More by Joan Halifax

> [We have even done a weekend on Japanese grammar! Not that I know anything about Japanese grammar, but it was Kaz's idea, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/we-have-even-done-a-weekend-on-japanese-grammar-not-that-i-know/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/developing-our-capacity-for-compassion-makes-it-possible-for-us-to/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [Buddhist practice is the grounding for this work, this life, this way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/buddhist-practice-is-the-grounding-for-this-work-this-life-this-way/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [ We have been teaching together \[with Kaz\] now for more than twenty years in sesshins, in international travel programs in Japan and China, as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/we-have-been-teaching-together-with-kaz-now-for-more-than-twenty/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [All are interconnected...the environment; rights of the dying; care of caregivers; education and medical care for peoples of the Himalayas; prison work; those living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/all-are-interconnected-the-environment-rights-of-the-dying-care-of/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [“Within and around the earth, within and around the hills, within and around the mountains your authority returns to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/within-and-around-the-earth-within-and-around-the-hills-within-and/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [“Some of us are drawn to mountains the way the moon draws the tide. Both the great forests and the mountains live in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/some-of-us-are-drawn-to-mountains-the-way-the-moon-draws-the-tide/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [I am working on a technical paper on compassion. So I am reading everything I can on the subject, including my own mind and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/i-am-working-on-a-technical-paper-on-compassion-so-i-am-reading/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [ \[Kaz\] is a great scholar, very funny - a true man of no rank! ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/kaz-is-a-great-scholar-very-funny-a-true-man-of-no-rank/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/compassion-has-enemies-and-those-enemies-are-things-like-pity-moral/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [The roots of all living things are tied together. Deep in the ground of being, they tangle and embrace. This understanding is expressed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/the-roots-of-all-living-things-are-tied-together-deep-in-the-ground/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [ I remember having a discussion with \[Kaz\] about his translation of the word shunyata as "boundlessness," instead of the more traditional "emptiness." I said:… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/i-remember-having-a-discussion-with-kaz-about-his-translation-of-the/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [If compassion is so good for us, why don't we train our health care providers in compassion so that they can do what they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/if-compassion-is-so-good-for-us-why-don-t-we-train-our-health-care/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [May I see my own limits with compassion, just as I view the limits of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/may-i-see-my-own-limits-with-compassion-just-as-i-view-the-limits-of/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

> [Cease consuming, practice generosity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/cease-consuming-practice-generosity/)

[Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/)

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