Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
JACK KORNFIELDEverything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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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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When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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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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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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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.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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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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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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