Loneliness Quote by Sharon Salzberg

“Loving-kindness challenges those states that tend to arise when we think of ourselves as isolated from everyone else—fear, a sense of deficiency, alienation, loneliness.” quote by Sharon Salzberg — Download Open image

““Loving-kindness challenges those states that tend to arise when we think of ourselves as isolated from everyone else—fear, a sense of deficiency, alienation, loneliness.””

Sharon Salzberg

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