Wisdom Quotes by Sharon Salzberg

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

— Sharon Salzberg

“Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again”

— Sharon Salzberg

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

— Sharon Salzberg

To sense which gifts to accept which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.

— Sharon Salzberg

“Mindfulness is so much wiser and more robust than our inner critic.”

— Sharon Salzberg

Each of us has a genuine capacity for love, forgiveness, wisdom and compassion. Meditation awakens these qualities so that we can discover…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness…

— 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

Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.

— Sharon Salzberg

“When we open our hearts to the breadth of our experiences, we learn to tune into our needs, unique perceptions, thoughts & feelings”

— Sharon Salzberg

Protection, as we use the word in Buddhism, is actually wisdom, it's insight. Protection is seeing and knowing deeply that all things…

— Sharon Salzberg

“When we approach the journey acknowledging what we do not know and what we can’t control, we maintain our energy for the…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Maybe what we really need is to change our relationship to what is, to see who we are with the strength of…

— Sharon Salzberg

What is important is not getting intoxicated with a good feeling or getting intoxicated even with an insight. These take many forms…

— 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

“In mindfulness practice, wise discernment is a tool that can help us in boundary setting. Mindfulness may open the doors of perception,…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.”

— Sharon Salzberg

As we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others.

— Sharon Salzberg

“When we develop our ability to love in one realm, we simultaneously nourish our ability in others, as long as we remain…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Mindfulness may help you gain insight into your role in conflicts with others, it won’t single-highhandedly help you resolve them.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Respecting differences while gaining insight into our essential connected-ness, we can free ourselves from the impulse to rigidly categorize the world in…

— Sharon Salzberg