"As we willingly enter each place of fear,……" — Jack Kornfield
"As we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of untruths, of old images of ourselves, of ancient fears, of false ideas of what is pure and what is not."
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214 Quotes by Jack Kornfield
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most…
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We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.
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