Sharon Salzberg Quotes

What you learn about pain in formal meditation can help you relate to it in your daily life. — Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness helps us see the addictive aspect of self-criticism - a repetitive cycle of flaying ourselves again and again, feeling the pain anew. — Sharon Salzberg

When we set an intention to explore our emotional hot spots, we create a pathway to real love. — Sharon Salzberg

We learn from conflicts only when we are willing to do so. — Sharon Salzberg

As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust. — Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it. — Sharon Salzberg

I will love myself as long as I never make a mistake. — Sharon Salzberg

We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That's a fact but one we fight. — Sharon Salzberg

A key barometer to help us weigh the rightness of our actions is self-respect. — Sharon Salzberg

Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money. — Sharon Salzberg

Even in the midst of devastation, something within us always points the way to freedom. — Sharon Salzberg

The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness. — Sharon Salzberg

Training our mind through meditation does not mean forcibly subjugating it or beating it into shape. — Sharon Salzberg

Awareness levels the playing field. We are all humans doing the best we can. — Sharon Salzberg

Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature. — Sharon Salzberg

Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering. — Sharon Salzberg

When we contemplate the miracle of embodied life, we begin to partner with our bodies in a kinder way. — Sharon Salzberg

Meeting people in a genuine way and feeling like there is a vital and meaningful connection going on makes me come alive. — Sharon Salzberg

Let the breath lead the way. — Sharon Salzberg

If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn't deplete us to give. — Sharon Salzberg

Often in close relationships, the subject being discussed is not the subject at all. — Sharon Salzberg

Real love allows for failure and suffering. — Sharon Salzberg

When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away. — Sharon Salzberg

Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others — Sharon Salzberg

Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty. — Sharon Salzberg

When we open our hearts to the breadth of our experiences, we learn to tune into our needs, unique perceptions, thoughts & feelings — Sharon Salzberg

Loving kindness is the practice of offering to oneself and others wishes to be happy, peaceful, healthy, strong — Sharon Salzberg

To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom. — Sharon Salzberg

Through meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment. — Sharon Salzberg

Real Love may run on a lower voltage, but it's also more grounded & sustainable. — Sharon Salzberg

Love is a living capacity within us that is always present, even when we don't sense it. — Sharon Salzberg

Forgiveness is the way we break the grip that long-held resentments have on our hearts. — Sharon Salzberg

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

We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again — Sharon Salzberg

The practice of loving-kindness is about cultivating love as a trans-formative strength, — Sharon Salzberg

Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body. — Sharon Salzberg

Resilience Practicing Self-Care To Avoid Burnout The Illusion of Control Patience and Perspective Resilience In The Face — Sharon Salzberg

Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives. — Sharon Salzberg

We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters. — Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness is so much wiser and more robust than our inner critic. — Sharon Salzberg

Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion. — Sharon Salzberg

Vulnerability should be the thing that brings us closer than anything because we all share that. — Sharon Salzberg

As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make
friends with the quietness of our sensations. — Sharon Salzberg

Having' something makes us think we can control it. — Sharon Salzberg

Integration arises from intimacy with our emotions and our bodies, as well as with our thoughts. — Sharon Salzberg

I need to start over. I can't just stay stuck in this place. This is a wonderful skill to bring to your life. — Sharon Salzberg

Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. — Sharon Salzberg

To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value. — Sharon Salzberg

A lack of real love for ourselves is one of the most constricting, painful conditions we can know. — Sharon Salzberg

The more we practice mindfulness, the more alert we become to the cost of keeping secrets. — Sharon Salzberg

Meditation isn't about what's happening; it's about how you relate to what's happening. — Sharon Salzberg

What unites us as human beings is an urge for happiness which at heart is a yearning for union. — Sharon Salzberg

There is a sentiment common among most of us when it comes to love - letting go can feel scary. — Sharon Salzberg

Faith is not a commodity we either have or don't have-it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience. — Sharon Salzberg

Compassion Judgment Loving-Kindness Compassion Is A Force Disconnection Self-Blame and Compassion Praise and Blame — Sharon Salzberg

Although love is often depicted as starry-eyed and sweet, love for the self is made of tougher stuff. — Sharon Salzberg

Meditation is not about what's happening, it is about how we're relating to what's happening. — Sharon Salzberg

There are many different ways to practice meditation; it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you. — Sharon Salzberg

Concepts such as loving kindness should never be used as weapons against our real feelings. — Sharon Salzberg

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it. — Sharon Salzberg

Each opportunity to interrupt the onslaught of thoughts and return to the object of meditation is, in fact, a moment of enlightenment — Sharon Salzberg

Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it. — Sharon Salzberg

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion. — Sharon Salzberg

Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts it in peril. — Sharon Salzberg

It's affirming that we can look at any experience from the fullness of our being and get past the shame we carry. — Sharon Salzberg

With every action we take, we send love or suffering into the web that connects us. — Sharon Salzberg

There is so much we just can't see or know right now, including precisely how our actions will ripple out. — Sharon Salzberg

If we define ourselves by each of the ever-changing feelings that cascade through us, how will we ever feel at home in our own bodies and minds? — Sharon Salzberg

The first time a meditation teacher encouraged me to practice mindfulness - which — Sharon Salzberg

To celebrate someone else's life, we need to find a way to look at it straight on, not from above with judgment or from below with envy. — Sharon Salzberg

We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us. — Sharon Salzberg

We're in charge of our own forgiveness, and the process takes time, patience, and intention. — Sharon Salzberg

Develop a mind so filled with love that it resembles space. — Sharon Salzberg

When we are willing to explore our own experiences, we open the doorway to deeper connection and intimacy. — Sharon Salzberg

We need to redefine community and find a variety of ways of coming together and helping each other. — Sharon Salzberg

Concentration Attention Multitasking Boredom Procrastination — Sharon Salzberg

Find a gap between a trigger event and our usual conditioned response to it and by using that pause to collect ourselves and shift our response — Sharon Salzberg

Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves. — Sharon Salzberg

Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier. — Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace. — 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 happiness. — Sharon Salzberg

When you're wide open, the world is a good place. — Sharon Salzberg

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention. — Sharon Salzberg

How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships. — Sharon Salzberg

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones. — Sharon Salzberg

You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable. — Sharon Salzberg

But to take delight in our generosity helps us immeasurably in our spiritual practice. — Sharon Salzberg

The skills available to us through mindfulness make it possible to bring love to our connections with others. — Sharon Salzberg

As a friend of mine told me about Real Happiness: you wrote this one in American. — Sharon Salzberg

Telling the story, acknowledging what has happened and how you feel, is often a necessary part of forgiveness. — Sharon Salzberg

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us. — Sharon Salzberg

Many strong emotions are actually intricate tapestries woven of various strands. — Sharon Salzberg

We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom. — Sharon Salzberg

Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root. — Sharon Salzberg

Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance. — Sharon Salzberg

Feelings of apathy as they relate to our relationships often stem from insufficiently paying attention to those around us. — Sharon Salzberg

Our ability to connect with others is innate, wired into our nervous systems, and we need connection as much as we need physical nourishment. — Sharon Salzberg

The heart is a generous muscle. — Sharon Salzberg

Even on the spiritual path, we have things we'll tend to cover up or be in denial about. — Sharon Salzberg

The journey to loving ourselves doesn't mean we like everything. — Sharon Salzberg