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Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Life is difficult and painful, just by its very nature, not because we're doing it wrong [pp. 17-18].

Life is difficult and painful, just by its very nature, not because we're doing it wrong [pp. 17-18].

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: My redeemer is always the person next to me.

My redeemer is always the person next to me.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control.

Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: May I meet each moment fully and meet it as a friend.

May I meet each moment fully and meet it as a friend.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Buddha also said that the Dharma, like a bird, needs two wings to fly, and that the wing that balances Wisdom is compassion.

Buddha also said that the Dharma, like a bird, needs two wings to fly, and that the wing that balances Wisdom is compassion.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Ultimately ... it's not the stories that determine our choices, but the stories that we continue to choose.

Ultimately ... it's not the stories that determine our choices, but the stories that we continue to choose.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Steadfast benevolence, sustained by the wisdom that anything other than benevolence is painful, protects the mind from all afflictions.

Steadfast benevolence, sustained by the wisdom that anything other than benevolence is painful, protects the mind from all afflictions.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Sometimes I think the only thing worth saying is I love you.

Sometimes I think the only thing worth saying is I love you.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful.

The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: When the mind is clear, behavior is always impeccable.

When the mind is clear, behavior is always impeccable.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: I would not ask you to do this practice, to undertake this path of liberation from the habits of suffering mind, unless it were a feasible path.

I would not ask you to do this practice, to undertake this path of liberation from the habits of suffering mind, unless it were a feasible path.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Here is the instruction: Only connect. Wherever you are, right now, pay attention. Forever.

Here is the instruction: Only connect. Wherever you are, right now, pay attention. Forever.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Suffering is the demand that experience be different from what it is.

Suffering is the demand that experience be different from what it is.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Life is easier without imperatives.

Life is easier without imperatives.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: The end of health or of vigor is sad. [p. 149]

The end of health or of vigor is sad. [p. 149]

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: I'd say, "But I'm not happy." And she'd say, "Where is it written that you're supposed to be happy all the time?

I'd say, "But I'm not happy." And she'd say, "Where is it written that you're supposed to be happy all the time?

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: The prohibition of L'shon Hara is the Jewish equivalent of the Buddhist practice of Right Speech.

The prohibition of L'shon Hara is the Jewish equivalent of the Buddhist practice of Right Speech.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: I love the phrase 'I am not afraid!' Maybe it's the best phrase we can say, other than 'I have everything I need.' Maybe they are the same. [p. 14]

I love the phrase 'I am not afraid!' Maybe it's the best phrase we can say, other than 'I have everything I need.' Maybe they are the same. [p. 14]

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Everybody manages one way or another; everyone who is alive and reading this book has managed.

Everybody manages one way or another; everyone who is alive and reading this book has managed.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Fear doesn't frighten me as much as it used to. I know it's from clinging, and I know it will pass [p. 29].

Fear doesn't frighten me as much as it used to. I know it's from clinging, and I know it will pass [p. 29].

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: May I meet this moment fully. May I meet it as a friend.

May I meet this moment fully. May I meet it as a friend.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: The mind is like tofu. It tastes like whatever you marinate it in.

The mind is like tofu. It tastes like whatever you marinate it in.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: He did not confuse compassion with passivity.

He did not confuse compassion with passivity.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Safely connected to my life, and reassured of my essential goodness, I feel at ease, at home, really in the most sublime of homes. [p. 58]

Safely connected to my life, and reassured of my essential goodness, I feel at ease, at home, really in the most sublime of homes. [p. 58]

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Don't just do something, sit there!

Don't just do something, sit there!

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Life is painful, suffering is optional.

Life is painful, suffering is optional.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: We don't get a choice about what hand we are dealt in this life.

We don't get a choice about what hand we are dealt in this life.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Mindfulness, the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience, is at the heart of what the Buddha taught.

Mindfulness, the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience, is at the heart of what the Buddha taught.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: If we can keep at least a bit of the mind clear about temporality, we can mange complicated, even difficult, times with grace.

If we can keep at least a bit of the mind clear about temporality, we can mange complicated, even difficult, times with grace.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: You are in pain. Relax. Take a breath. Let's pay attention to what is happening. Then we'll figure out what to do. [p. 10]

You are in pain. Relax. Take a breath. Let's pay attention to what is happening. Then we'll figure out what to do. [p. 10]

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Perhaps ... these days of less sunlight are opportunities for more contemplative time, more looking deeply to see what can only be seen in the dark.

Perhaps ... these days of less sunlight are opportunities for more contemplative time, more looking deeply to see what can only be seen in the dark.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Knowing the truth brings happiness.

Knowing the truth brings happiness.

Sylvia Boorstein quotes: Hatred will never cease by hatred, Only love will erase hatred, This is the eternal law.

Hatred will never cease by hatred, Only love will erase hatred, This is the eternal law.