Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
JACK KORNFIELDWeigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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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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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but organically, through understanding an gradual training.
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The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it in anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.
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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.
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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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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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