We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
JACK KORNFIELDWe do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
JACK KORNFIELDHave respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
JACK KORNFIELDDo not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
JACK KORNFIELDThe basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
JACK KORNFIELDLife is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
JACK KORNFIELDIn deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
JACK KORNFIELDThe only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
JACK KORNFIELDTo 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.
JACK KORNFIELDWe need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
JACK KORNFIELDMay you know the beauty of your own true nature.
JACK KORNFIELDIt is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can’t close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.
JACK KORNFIELDEquanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
JACK KORNFIELDThe waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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 see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
JACK KORNFIELDWhat we seek is what we are.
JACK KORNFIELD