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51 Sharon Salzberg Quotes on True Love (FAITH)

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“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

Sharon Salzberg
We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
There’s no commodity we can take with us. There is only our lives, whether we live them wisely or whether we live them in ignorance. And this is everything.
There’s no commodity we can take with us. There is only our lives, whether we live them wisely or whether we live them in ignorance. And this is everything.
Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing.
Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you’ll be living in a world with less fear, isolation, and loneliness.
If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you’ll be living in a world with less fear, isolation, and loneliness.
Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.
Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.
If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger – we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.
We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
Loving kindness is a form of love that truly is an ability, and, as research scientists have show, it can be learned.
Loving kindness is a form of love that truly is an ability, and, as research scientists have show, it can be learned.
Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don’t have enough of, or the right kind of. It’s an ongoing process.
Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don’t have enough of, or the right kind of. It’s an ongoing process.
In any experience, even a painful one, we can find the end of suffering right in the heart of the moment.
In any experience, even a painful one, we can find the end of suffering right in the heart of the moment.

23 Inspirational Sharon Salzberg to Inspire Love and Happiness (LIFE)

“When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn’t matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades. The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.”

Sharon Salzberg
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others.
All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others.
Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.
Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.
Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human nature.
Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human nature.
To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value.
To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value.
Compassion is not at all weak. It is the strength that arises out of seeing the true nature of suffering in the world.
Compassion is not at all weak. It is the strength that arises out of seeing the true nature of suffering in the world.
Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy.
Compassion isn’t morose; it’s something replenishing and opening; that’s why it makes us happy.
If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn’t deplete us to give.
If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn’t deplete us to give.
We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.
We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.
The mind thinks thoughts that we don't plan. It's not as if we say, 'At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred'.
The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, ‘At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred’.
We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives.
We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives.
You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves.
By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves.
In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.
In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.
We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
When we don’t tell those we love about what’s really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we tend to fill in the blanks with stories.
When we don’t tell those we love about what’s really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we tend to fill in the blanks with stories.
If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.
If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.
For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.
For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.
For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
Through loving kindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
Through loving kindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.

14 Sharon Salzberg Quotes on Mindfulness (MEDITATION)

Our ability to connect with others is innate, wired into our nervous systems, and we need connection as much as we need physical nourishment.
Our ability to connect with others is innate, wired into our nervous systems, and we need connection as much as we need physical nourishment.
Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening.
Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening.
Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make friends with the quietness of our sensations.
As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make friends with the quietness of our sensations.
The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love.
The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love.
When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.
When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.
The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.

Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan,  the stronger and more resilient our compassion muscle becomes.

Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg Short Biography

Born on 5 August 1952 in New York City, United States, Sharon Salzberg is a meditation teacher and bestselling author.

Salzberg had a very troubled childhood growing up after her parents’ separation and her mother’s death, she moved around constantly from family to family.

In 1969, Salzberg studied in the State University of New York. It was here during a course in Asian philosophy that she first encountered Buddhism.

In 1970, she took a trip to India, and a year later, she participated in her first meditation course in Bodh Gaya. Salzberg spent the next few years learning all she could about meditation.

She returned to the United States in 1974 and began teaching vipassana meditation. Salzberg also co-founded the Insight Meditation Society with fellow mediation teacher and practitioner Jack Kornfield.

Nowadays, Salzberg has meditation classes all over the world, and she has been a speaker for several important events.

Her first book, LovingKindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness was published in 1995.

Further Reading:

Here are the best Sharon Salzberg quotes so you can accept yourself by learning how to handle personal setbacks with kindness. 

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Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

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