Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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?
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.
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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it’s not like you’re going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
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