Sharon Salzberg
1952-present • American
Buddhism
American author and teacher of Buddhist meditation, co-founder of Insight Meditation Society. Pioneer in bringing loving-kindness meditation to the West.
Key Works
- Lovingkindness
- Real Happiness
- Faith
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Quotes by Sharon Salzberg
108 quotes“To meditate is to greet your own life.”
meditationReal Happiness
“Tenderness is strength.”
tendernessReal Love
“Don't underestimate small kindnesses. They change everything.”
kindnessReal Love
“True freedom is the freedom to love.”
freedomReal Love
“Begin where you are. Love what you do. Trust the unfolding.”
trustReal Happiness
“Awareness is the soil in which freedom grows.”
awarenessReal Happiness
“The heart that is open to suffering is the heart most able to love.”
loveA Heart as Wide as the World
“Metta does not bypass the difficult. It transforms it.”
mettaLovingkindness
“Each breath is a chance to come home to yourself.”
breathReal Happiness
“True compassion includes the courage to act.”
compassionReal Love
“In the end, what we have practiced is what we will have.”
practiceA Heart as Wide as the World
“The healing power of loving attention is real.”
loveReal Love
“You are not a problem to be solved. You are a being to be loved.”
worthReal Love
“Begin again. The breath is always there.”
renewalReal Happiness
“In the boundless field of awareness, every being is welcome.”
mettaLovingkindness
“To love wisely is to love clearly.”
loveReal Love
“Faith is what allows us to act despite uncertainty.”
faithFaith
“Your suffering is not a sign of failure. It is a sign that you are alive.”
sufferingA Heart as Wide as the World
“Love is an act of willingness, not a feeling that comes and goes.”
loveReal Love
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