Quotes of Sharon Salzberg - somelinesforyou

“ Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference – in our own lives and those of others. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ That’s life: starting over, one breath at a time. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ Let the breath lead the way. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ We find greater lightness and ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves and other beings. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ We can make changes in our lives, we can live consciously rather than mechanically, we can open our hearts and we can be more fully alive. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you’ll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you’ll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you’ll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ 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

“ You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ 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

“ Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ 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

“ If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change. It isn’t enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ 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

“ It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn't depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn't depend on how long you've held on to the old view. 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. Its never too late to take a moment to look. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn’t dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful—and a huge relief. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change. It isn’t enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating. ”

- Sharon Salzberg

“ Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self. ”

- Sharon Salzberg
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