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Own Quotes by Sharon Salzberg
- Faith is not a commodity we either have or don't have-it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest…
- Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening…
- It's easy for us to feel separate from other people and from other forms of life, especially if we don't have a reliable connection to…
- Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference - in our own…
- It is taught, we too can be enlightened, every one of us. We can be completely freed from the bonds of limitation and conditioned confusion…
- If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness.
- It's a rare and precious thing to be close to suffering because our society - in many ways - tells us that suffering is wrong.…
- In our own lives and in our communities, we need to find a way to include others rather than exclude them. We need to find…
- By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we…
- For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of…
- We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
- Compassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of others as a vehicle for connection. This is a delicate and profound path.…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov