We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
JACK KORNFIELDEvery individual in the world has a unique contribution.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.
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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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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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What we seek is what we are.
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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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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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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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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 need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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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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