black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.

Sharon Salzberg

If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger – we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.
SHARON SALZBERG

Anger Blame Commitment Fall Heart Willing
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
The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
SHARON SALZBERG

Attention Deep Difference Happiness Misery Philosophy
Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
SHARON SALZBERG

Anger Force Forgiveness
Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
SHARON SALZBERG

Attention Experience Help Mindset Wisdom
We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
SHARON SALZBERG

Compassion Improvement Live Patience Power
The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
SHARON SALZBERG

Light See Yourself
Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
SHARON SALZBERG

Discover Kill Nature Ourselves Simplicity
Our ability to connect with others is innate, wired into our nervous systems, and we need connection as much as we need physical nourishment.
SHARON SALZBERG

Ability Connection Need Ourselves
The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
SHARON SALZBERG

Imagination Love Place Start
Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
SHARON SALZBERG

Fear Money Time
We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
SHARON SALZBERG

Compassion Improvement Patience Power
The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, ‘At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred.
SHARON SALZBERG

Hate Mindset Science Thinking
The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
SHARON SALZBERG

Confidence Ourselves Truth Understand
We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
SHARON SALZBERG

Fight Philosophy
Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
SHARON SALZBERG

Pain Practice Self Love Suffering Time

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Sharon Salzberg Quotes