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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.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation we must follow what brings us alive.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield It is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can’t close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it’s not like you’re going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield 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.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield 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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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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She had perfect features, with her eye, nose, lips, and ears the right size and in right places. That is all it takes to make people beautiful, normal body parts – yet why does nature mess it up so many times?
Chetan BhagatChetan Bhagat There’s no better feeling than realizing you no longer reside in the same realm you used to. Growth is so beautiful.
Dau VoireDau Voire Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.
ChanakyaChanakya Pretty girls behave best when you ignore them.
Chetan BhagatChetan Bhagat Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley True beauty lies in true education.
Sai BabaSai Baba The world, with all its beauty, its happiness and suffering, its joys and pains, is planned with the utmost ingenuity, in order that the powers of the Self may be shown forth in manifestation.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Your mind is your lead, inject it with positivity. Your feet are your foundation walk with purpose. And your heart is your stamp, make it beautiful.
Tene EdwardsTene Edwards
