Conflict Quote by Sharon Salzberg

“With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love should be.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors ill will…

— Gautama Buddha

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world. Practicing metta illuminates our inner integrity…

— Sharon Salzberg

To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through lovingkindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.

— Sharon Salzberg

When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.

— Sharon Salzberg

Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We…

— Sharon Salzberg

“The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Mindfulness practice helps create space between our actual experiences and the reflexive stories we tend to tell about them.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Mindfulness won’t ensure you’ll win an argument with your sister. Mindfulness won’t enable you to bypass your feelings of anger or hurt either. But…

— Sharon Salzberg

“The secure attachment of Western psychology is actually akin to Buddhist non-attachment; avoid-ant attachment is the inverse of being mindful and present; and anxious…

— Sharon Salzberg

“If we harm someone else, we’re inevitably also hurting ourselves. Some quality of sensitivity and awareness has to shut down for us to be…

— Sharon Salzberg

“The more we practice sympathetic joy, the more we come to realize that the happiness we share with others is inseparable from our own…

— Sharon Salzberg