Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.
JACK KORNFIELDIt 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.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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We can always begin again.
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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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You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
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The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you’re knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?
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Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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Spiritual life doesn’t make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.
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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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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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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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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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