Quotes by : Sharon Salzberg

Sympathetic joy is a practice. It takes time and effort to free ourselves of the scarcity story that....

Mindfulness helps us see the addictive aspect of self-criticism— a repetitive cycle of flaying ourselves....

Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength....

Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.

As soon as we ask whether or not a story is true in the present moment, we empower ourselves to re-frame....

Although love is often depicted as starry-eyed and sweet, love for the self is made of tougher stuff.....

We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.

Ultimately, we forgive others in order to free ourselves.

As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening....

Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides....