We each need to make our lion’s roar – to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears – to declare our right to awaken.
JACK KORNFIELDThe waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it in anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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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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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
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In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
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Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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