Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, “I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.
JACK KORNFIELDMost people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.
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Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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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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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.
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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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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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As long as you are trying to be something other than what you actually are, your mind wears itself out. But if you say, ‘This is what I am, it is a fact that I am going to investigate and understand,’ then you can go beyond.
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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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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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