It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.
JACK KORNFIELDAs we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of untruths, of old images of ourselves, of ancient fears, of false ideas of what is pure and what is not.
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In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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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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Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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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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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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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 waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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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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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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