“ 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
“ Learning to treat ourselves lovingly may at first feel like a dangerous experiment. Sharon Salzberg
“ As we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others. Sharon Salzberg
“ As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and compassion for ourselves. And in life, we find we might make a mistake, and… Sharon Salzberg
“ When we direct a lot of hostile energy toward the inner critic, we enter into a losing battle. Sharon Salzberg
“ Sometimes people don't trust the force of kindness. They think love or compassion or kindness will make you weak and kind of stupid and people will take advantage of you you won't stand up for other p… Sharon Salzberg
“ Identifying the source of our personal narratives helps us to release its negative aspects and re-frame it in ways that promote wholeness. Sharon Salzberg
“ We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on. Sharon Salzberg
“ When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away. Sharon Salzberg
“ Protection, as we use the word in Buddhism, is actually wisdom, it's insight. Protection is seeing and knowing deeply that all things in our experience arise due to causes, due to conditions coming to… Sharon Salzberg
“ Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a b… Sharon Salzberg
“ I think so many people tend to think of faith as blind adherence to a dogma or unquestioned surrender to an authority figure, and the result is losing self-respect and losing our own sense of what is… Sharon Salzberg
“ I think we spend so much of our lives trying to pretend that we know what's going to happen next. In fact we don't. To recognize that we don't know even what will happen this afternoon and yet having… Sharon Salzberg
“ From the Buddhist point of view, it is true that emptiness is a characteristic of all of life - if we look carefully at any experience we will find transparency, insubstantiality, with no solid, uncha… Sharon Salzberg
“ Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are times of great tranquility when concentration is strong and we ha… Sharon Salzberg
“ If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness. Sharon Salzberg
