Real Happiness Quotes

“Michelangelo was once asked how he would carve an elephant. He replied, “I would take a large piece of stone and take away everything that was not the elephant.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program, Regular Version

“Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes,”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program, Regular Version

“Not paying attention keeps us in an endless cycle of wanting.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation

“When your attention is diffuse, it’s like a broad, weak beam of light that doesn’t reveal much. Concentration brings the weak beam down to a single, sharply focused, supremely bright, exponentially more illuminating point.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation

“The simple act of being completely attentive and present to another person is an act of love, and it fosters unshakeable well-being. It is happiness that isn’t bound to a particular situation, happiness that can withstand change.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness

“The simple act of being completely attentive & present to another person is an act of love, and it fosters unshakeable well-being.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation

“The first time a meditation teacher encouraged me to practice mindfulness—which”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness