black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.

Sharon Salzberg

If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.
SHARON SALZBERG

Love Ourselves Self Love True
Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.
SHARON SALZBERG

Difference Experience Mindset Ourselves Philosophy See Story
Its never too late to take a moment to look.
SHARON SALZBERG

Moments See
We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.
SHARON SALZBERG

Mind Science Understand
Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
SHARON SALZBERG

Anger Force Forgiveness
Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.
SHARON SALZBERG

Attention Ourselves Philosophy Training
The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
SHARON SALZBERG

Expectation Experience Let Go Ourselves
We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
SHARON SALZBERG

Kind Life Religious
The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
SHARON SALZBERG

Creation Generosity Heart Joy Let Go Ourselves Space World
Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
SHARON SALZBERG

Happiness Kindness Let Go Right
We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
SHARON SALZBERG

Compassion Improvement Patience Power
Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
SHARON SALZBERG

Pain Practice Self Love Suffering Time
Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
SHARON SALZBERG

Compassion Feeling Love Spiritual Thinking
Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing our grip on anger and resentment can actually be an act of self-compassion.
SHARON SALZBERG

Anger Compassion Feeling Honesty Ourselves Pain View
By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.
SHARON SALZBERG

Happiness Live Ourselves Search Suffering
We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
SHARON SALZBERG

Courage Deep Learning Live Need Past

Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Sharon Salzberg Quotes