--- title: "Best Joan Halifax Quotes" description: "Joan Jiko Halifax is an American Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several bo..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-joan-halifax-11817.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-joan-halifax-11817.jpg) # Joan Halifax (1942) Anthropologist United States **57** quotes in **424** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Joan Halifax is an anthropologist from the United States, best known for *The Fruitful Darkness*. ## Quick Facts About Joan Halifax Born July 30, 1942 Nationality United States Profession Anthropologist Notable works The Fruitful Darkness ## About Joan Halifax Joan Jiko Halifax is an American Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and spirituality. She currently serves as abbot and guiding teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Zen Peacemaker community she founded in 1990. Halifax has received Dharma transmission from Bernard Glassman, and previously studied with the Korean zen master Seung Sahn. ## Quotes by Joan Halifax · Page 2 > [How about Burma, Somalia, Afghanistan, Libya, our streets, our neighborhoods, our own minds. We don't have to look far - and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/how-about-burma-somalia-afghanistan-libya-our-streets-our/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Afghanistan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afghanistan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/joan-halifax-11817_afghanistan_how-about-burma-somalia-afghanistan-liby_2683874.png) > [In accepting death as inevitable, we don't label it as a good thing or a bad thing. As one of my teachers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/in-accepting-death-as-inevitable-we-don-t-label-it-as-a-good-thing-or/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/joan-halifax-11817_accepting_in-accepting-death-as-inevitable-we-don_2711879.png) > [My test for veracity has always been: How this will settle with a person who is dying? Boundlessness seemed to me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/my-test-for-veracity-has-always-been-how-this-will-settle-with-a/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/joan-halifax-11817_doors_my-test-for-veracity-has-always-been-how_921234.jpg) > [ We have been teaching together \[with Kaz\] now for more than twenty years in sesshins, in international travel programs in Japan and… ](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/) [Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a23/joan-halifax-11817_buddhism_we-have-been-teaching-together-with-kaz_210232.jpg) > [“Everybody has a geography that can be used for change that is why we travel to far off places. Whether we know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/everybody-has-a-geography-that-can-be-used-for-change-that-is-why-we/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/joan-halifax-11817_change_everybody-has-a-geography-that-can-be-us_2061785.png) > [Most of us are shrinking in the face of psycho-social and physical poisons, of the toxins of our world. But compassion, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/most-of-us-are-shrinking-in-the-face-of-psycho-social-and-physical/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Compassion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/joan-halifax-11817_compassion_most-of-us-are-shrinking-in-the-face-of_1597348.png) > [I met Kaz in the mid 1980s when we invited him and other artists to the Ojai Foundation with Thich Nhat Hanh.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/i-met-kaz-in-the-mid-1980s-when-we-invited-him-and-other-artists-to/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Allies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/joan-halifax-11817_allies_i-met-kaz-in-the-mid-1980s-when-we-invit_2886364.png) > [Kaz's art is a powerful example of discipline and freedom. His classical calligraphy captures the inner movement and stillness of the brush…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/kaz-s-art-is-a-powerful-example-of-discipline-and-freedom-his/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/joan-halifax-11817_art_kaz-s-art-is-a-powerful-example-of-disci_2906971.png) > [We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/we-live-in-a-time-when-science-is-validating-what-humans-have-known/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/joan-halifax-11817_age_we-live-in-a-time-when-science-is-valida_1017406.png) > [My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/my-work-has-been-in-the-field-of-engaged-buddhism-that-is-my-own/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Anti war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/joan-halifax-11817_anti-war_my-work-has-been-in-the-field-of-engaged_2042535.jpg) > [To work with Kaz on this kind of project is a fascinating process...He seems to be Dogen himself when offering the translations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/to-work-with-kaz-on-this-kind-of-project-is-a-fascinating-process-he/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Collaborators](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/collaborators/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/joan-halifax-11817_collaborators_to-work-with-kaz-on-this-kind-of-project_2796445.png) > [In being with dying, we arrive at a natural crucible of what it means to love and be loved. And we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/in-being-with-dying-we-arrive-at-a-natural-crucible-of-what-it-means/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Crucible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crucible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e96/joan-halifax-11817_crucible_in-being-with-dying-we-arrive-at-a-natur_1007835.png) > [I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/i-ve-worked-in-the-prison-system-on-death-row-and-maximum-security-i/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/joan-halifax-11817_buddhism_i-ve-worked-in-the-prison-system-on-deat_2485394.jpg) > [Yes, creation is moving toward us; life is moving toward us all the time. We back away, but it keeps pushing toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/yes-creation-is-moving-toward-us-life-is-moving-toward-us-all-the/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Creation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/joan-halifax-11817_creation_yes-creation-is-moving-toward-us-life-is_961192.png) > [ \[I'm inspired by \] courageous young people who take a stand and go into the field to serve; really old people who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/i-m-inspired-by-courageous-young-people-who-take-a-stand-and-go-into/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Courage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/joan-halifax-11817_courage_i-m-inspired-by-courageous-young-people_1102316.png) > [Catastrophe is the essence of the spiritual path, a series of breakdowns allowing us to discover the threads that weave all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/catastrophe-is-the-essence-of-the-spiritual-path-a-series-of/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08a/joan-halifax-11817_allowing_catastrophe-is-the-essence-of-the-spirit_1609199.png) > [I believe that women and girls today have to partner in a powerful way with men - with their fathers, with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-halifax/i-believe-that-women-and-girls-today-have-to-partner-in-a-powerful/) [Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/joan-halifax-11817_believe_i-believe-that-women-and-girls-today-hav_1487694.png) ## Joan Halifax by topic [Compassion (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/joan-halifax/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-halifax/#itemlist", "name": "Joan Halifax Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How about Burma, Somalia, Afghanistan, Libya, our streets, our neighborhoods, our own minds. 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