In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
JACK KORNFIELDIn the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
JACK KORNFIELDWhat 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 KORNFIELDWithin each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
JACK KORNFIELDEvery facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
JACK KORNFIELDThe goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
JACK KORNFIELDTrue love is not for the faint-hearted.
JACK KORNFIELDAt the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
JACK KORNFIELDMost people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
JACK KORNFIELDNo matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
JACK KORNFIELDLife without forgiveness is unbearable.
JACK KORNFIELDA second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
JACK KORNFIELDWithin each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
JACK KORNFIELDTo live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
JACK KORNFIELDYou hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
JACK KORNFIELDSince death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
JACK KORNFIELDIf your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
JACK KORNFIELD