Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, “I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.
JACK KORNFIELDTo see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.
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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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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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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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We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
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To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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