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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.
– Sharon Salzberg

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  2. Setting the intention to practice kindness toward one’s partner or family members or friends does not preclude getting angry or upset. – Sharon Salzberg
  3. 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. – Sharon Salzberg
  4. In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away. – Sharon Salzberg
  5. When we believe a wounding story, our whole world is diminished. – Sharon Salzberg
  6. The gentleman does not promote people merely on the basis of their words, nor does he reject words merely because of the person who uttered them. – Confucius
  7. When we pay attention to sensations in our bodies, we can feel that love is the energetic opposite of fear. – Sharon Salzberg
  8. Love seems to open and expand us right down to the cellular level, while fear causes us to contract and withdraw into ourselves. – Sharon Salzberg
  9. We begin to cultivate real love for ourselves when we treat ourselves with compassion. – Sharon Salzberg
  10. Healing comes in many ways, and no one formula fits all. – Sharon Salzberg
  11. Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves. – Sharon Salzberg
  12. Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness. – Sharon Salzberg
  13. There is no conflict between loving others deeply and living mindfully. – Sharon Salzberg
  14. Love is defined by difficult acts of human compassion & generosity. – Sharon Salzberg
  15. Love simply, perpetually exists and that it’s a matter of psychic housekeeping to make room for it. – Sharon Salzberg
  16. Though it may sound paradoxical, identifying our thoughts, emotions, and habitual patterns of behavior is the key to freedom & transformation. – Sharon Salzberg
  17. To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love. – Sharon Salzberg
  18. With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire. – Sharon Salzberg
  19. The journey to loving ourselves doesn’t mean we like everything. – Sharon Salzberg
  20. When we direct a lot of hostile energy toward the inner critic, we enter into a losing battle. – Sharon Salzberg
  21. Causing harm is never just a one-way street. – Sharon Salzberg
  22. When we do our best to treat others with kindness, it’s often a struggle to determine which actions best express our love and care for ourselves. – Sharon Salzberg
  23. When we feel conflicted about a particular decision or action, our bodies often hold the answer-”if we take the time to stop and tune in. – Sharon Salzberg
  24. There is so much we just can’t see or know right now, including precisely how our actions will ripple out. – Sharon Salzberg
  25. When we don’t allow setbacks to defeat us, they become opportunities for learning, acceptance, flexibility, and patience. – Sharon Salzberg
  26. Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body. – Sharon Salzberg
  27. Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. – Sharon Salzberg
  28. Grief helps us to relinquish the illusion that the past could be different from what it was. – Sharon Salzberg
  29. We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings. – Sharon Salzberg
  30. Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root. – Sharon Salzberg
  31. The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patternsof fear & jealousy. – Sharon Salzberg
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  33. To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom. – Sharon Salzberg
  34. The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own. – Sharon Salzberg
  35. Self-love is an unfolding process that gains strength over time, not a goal with a fixed end point. – Sharon Salzberg
  36. We truly can reconfigure how we see ourselves and reclaim the love for ourselves that we’re innately capable of. – Sharon Salzberg
  37. Anger often makes us hurt ourselves more than any enemy. – Sharon Salzberg
  38. Our vision becomes very narrow when we need things to be a certain way and cannot accept things the way they actually are. – Sharon Salzberg
  39. As a friend of mine told me about Real Happiness: you wrote this one in American. – Sharon Salzberg
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