--- title: "29 Way Quotes By Tara Brach" description: "29 Way quotes by Tara Brach. Plus more from Tara Brach and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/tara-brach-1898_anger_people-don-t-behave-in-angry-ways-unless_844526.png" --- > [People don't behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/people-don-t-behave-in-angry-ways-unless-they-are-feeling-stressed/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/tara-brach-1898_anger_people-don-t-behave-in-angry-ways-unless_844526.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d0/tara-brach-1898_appreciate_sometimes-the-easiest-way-to-appreciate_67406.png) > [To open in a loving way is to let awareness notice that tightening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/to-open-in-a-loving-way-is-to-let-awareness-notice-that-tightening/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a9/tara-brach-1898_awareness_to-open-in-a-loving-way-is-to-let-awaren_675917.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) > [Making a U-turn from our thoughts to our feelings re-connects us to our own inner experience and creates the grounds for connecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/making-a-u-turn-from-our-thoughts-to-our-feelings-re-connects-us-to/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/tara-brach-1898_connecting_making-a-u-turn-from-our-thoughts-to-our_1699747.png) > [Everything we love goes. So to be able to grieve that loss, to let go, to have that grief be absolutely full,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/everything-we-love-goes-so-to-be-able-to-grieve-that-loss-to-let-go/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/tara-brach-1898_able_everything-we-love-goes-so-to-be-able-to_3130440.png) > [Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/buddhist-practices-offer-a-way-of-saying-hey-come-back-over-here/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27d/tara-brach-1898_buddhism_buddhist-practices-offer-a-way-of-saying_355411.png) > [If there's a demand of being together in a certain way, those expectations and judgements take away from that space and create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/if-there-s-a-demand-of-being-together-in-a-certain-way-those/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/tara-brach-1898_being-together_if-there-s-a-demand-of-being-together-in_471197.png) > [If our hearts are ready for anything, we will spontaneously reach out when others are hurting. Living in an ethical way can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/if-our-hearts-are-ready-for-anything-we-will-spontaneously-reach-out/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/tara-brach-1898_awake_if-our-hearts-are-ready-for-anything-we_732265.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) > [In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what's happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/in-a-basic-way-acceptance-is-seeing-clearly-what-s-happening-and/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/tara-brach-1898_acceptance_in-a-basic-way-acceptance-is-seeing-clea_2430427.png) > [The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-intimacy-that-arises-in-listening-and-speaking-truth-is-only/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/tara-brach-1898_arise_the-intimacy-that-arises-in-listening-an_2816252.png) > [The mistake we make is that when we're feeling another person is not treating us in the way that makes us feel…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/tara-brach-1898_attention_the-mistake-we-make-is-that-when-we-re-f_106204.png) > [Offer some gesture of kindness to yourself. Sometimes it's just a message, to say: "It's okay. You're going to be okay. We've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/offer-some-gesture-of-kindness-to-yourself-sometimes-it-s-just-a/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fa/tara-brach-1898_can-do_offer-some-gesture-of-kindness-to-yourse_1106839.png) > [The great gift of a spiritual path is coming to trust that you can find a way to true refuge. You realize…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/tara-brach-1898_awareness_the-great-gift-of-a-spiritual-path-is-co_16760.jpg) > [The way to develop the habit of savoring is to pause when something is beautiful and good and catches our attention -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-way-to-develop-the-habit-of-savoring-is-to-pause-when-something/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d2/tara-brach-1898_attention_the-way-to-develop-the-habit-of-savoring_314602.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) > [When I watch that attachment happening, I see the beliefs that I have around it. If somebody's not paying attention to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/when-i-watch-that-attachment-happening-i-see-the-beliefs-that-i-have/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/tara-brach-1898_attachment_when-i-watch-that-attachment-happening-i_1953194.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) > [Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/imagine-you-are-walking-in-the-woods-and-you-see-a-small-dog-sitting/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/tara-brach-1898_aggression_imagine-you-are-walking-in-the-woods-and_1717837.jpg) > [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) > [Even going through the motions is a way of establishing a new relationship with our inner life that is caring and tender,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/even-going-through-the-motions-is-a-way-of-establishing-a-new/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/tara-brach-1898_beginning_even-going-through-the-motions-is-a-way_1939108.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) > [If you can, do a gratitude practice: Each day write down three things you're grateful for. There are different ways to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/if-you-can-do-a-gratitude-practice-each-day-write-down-three-things/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/tara-brach-1898_buddy_if-you-can-do-a-gratitude-practice-each_3120541.png) > [If attachment then carries forward in a way that's not healthy, we need to let it be there without making it wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/if-attachment-then-carries-forward-in-a-way-that-s-not-healthy-we/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/tara-brach-1898_attachment_if-attachment-then-carries-forward-in-a_2520701.png) > [You have a unique body and mind, with a particular history and conditioning. No one can offer you a formula for navigating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/you-have-a-unique-body-and-mind-with-a-particular-history-and/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/tara-brach-1898_all-state_you-have-a-unique-body-and-mind-with-a-p_1508243.jpg) > [The fear side can have us pull away and protect us, but it's really a withdrawal, a disassociation, a cutting off. Rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-fear-side-can-have-us-pull-away-and-protect-us-but-it-s-really-a/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/tara-brach-1898_attachment_the-fear-side-can-have-us-pull-away-and_647099.jpg) > [When desire for a certain person's attention becomes an "I have to have" kind of grasping, then identity gets organized around needing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/when-desire-for-a-certain-person-s-attention-becomes-an-i-have-to/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/tara-brach-1898_attention_when-desire-for-a-certain-person-s-atten_998684.png) > [I think of depression as the mechanism that pushes down the pain of that loss. It tries to distance us from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/i-think-of-depression-as-the-mechanism-that-pushes-down-the-pain-of/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/tara-brach-1898_anticipation_i-think-of-depression-as-the-mechanism-t_551096.png) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/tara-brach/#itemlist", "name": "29 Way Quotes By Tara Brach", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": 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