Compass Quote by Jack Kornfield

“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present…

— Jack Kornfield

In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this…

— Jack Kornfield

Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all…

— Jack Kornfield

Acceptance does not mean inaction. We may need to respond, strongly at times...From a peaceful center we can respond instead of react. Unconscious reactions…

— Jack Kornfield

To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.

— Jack Kornfield

We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.

— Jack Kornfield

To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit.

— Jack Kornfield

As we step out of the way new things are born.

— Jack Kornfield

For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise our spirituality…

— Jack Kornfield

What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of…

— Jack Kornfield

“Working with these distractions, steadying the canoe, letting the waves pass by, and coming back again and again in a quiet and collected way,…

— Jack Kornfield

To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.

— Jack Kornfield