Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
JACK KORNFIELDNo matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
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We can always begin again.
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To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
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Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well…In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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