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 lives and those of others.
—Sharon Salzberg
Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope; a slight change, and all patterns and configurations alter.
—Sharon Salzberg
Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don’t give up after a mistake, when something doesn’t come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we’re not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished. By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we.
—Sharon Salzberg
Topics: Mistakes
The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, “At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred.”
—Sharon Salzberg
Abiding faith does not depend on borrowed concepts. Rather, it is the magnetic force of a bone-deep, lived understanding, one that draws us to realize our ideals, walk our talk, and act in accord with what we know to be true.
—Sharon Salzberg
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Douglas Adams British Author
- Dennis Genpo Merzel American Buddhist Monk
- Lama Surya Das American Buddhist Scholar
- Cynthia Ozick American Novelist, Essayist
- Allen Ginsberg American Poet
- Pema Chodron American Buddhist Nun
- Robert Thurman American Buddhist Scholar
- Thanissaro Bhikkhu American Buddhist Monk
- Norman Cousins American Journalist
- Larry King American TV Personality
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