The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
JACK KORNFIELDLive in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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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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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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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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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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We can always begin again.
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The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well…In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
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We each need to make our lion’s roar – to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears – to declare our right to awaken.
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