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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander

“Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as it is. It teaches the heart to be more accommodating, not by beating it into submission, but by making it clear that accommodation is a gratifying choice.”
― Sylvia Boorstein, Don't Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat with Sylvia Boorstein – A Down-to-Earth Guide to Meditation and Being for Calm, Clarity, and Joy

“... every single act we do has the potential of causing pain, and every single thing we do has consequences that echo way beyond what we can imagine. It doesn't mean we shouldn't act. It means we should act carefully. Everything matters [p. 41].”
― Sylvia Boorstein, It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness

“Life is painful, suffering is optional.”
― Sylvia Boorstein PhD

“All losses are sad. The end of an important relationship is also a death. When people fall out of love with each other, or when what seemed like a solid friendship falls into ruin, the hope for a shared future--a hope that provided a context and a purpose to life--is gone. [p. 149]”
― Sylvia Boorstein, Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life

“The mind is like tofu. It tastes like whatever you marinate it in.”
― Sylvia Boorstein