A Lamp in the Darkness Quotes

“May I be a guard for those who need protection; a guide for those on the path; a boat, a raft, a bridge for those to cross the flood; may I be a lamp in the darkness; a resting place for the weary, and a healing medicine for all who are sick. For as long as Earth and sky endure, may I assist until all living beings are awakened.”
― Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

“Do not be afraid to face your difficulty. Turn toward it. Lean into the wind. Hold your ground.”
― Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

“It’s not about you. It’s about us. Life is difficult for everyone.”
― Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

“Hold yourself as a mother holds her beloved child.
The Buddha”
― Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

“The warrior in your heart says stand your ground. Feel the survival of a thousand years of ancestors in your muscles and your blood. You have all the support you need in your bones.”
― Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

“What is man,” said Chief Seattle, “without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to man.”
― Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

“As Albert Camus wrote, “We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to fight them in ourselves and others.”
― Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

“much of the insanity in the world comes from people not knowing what to do with their feelings. We are nuclear giants and emotional infants.”
― Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

“Plant your seed of trust. It will grow in its season.”
― Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

“but it’s also possible that the wrong kind of attention will lead you into unhealthy fears and attachments about how your body should look.”
― Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times

“James Joyce described this relationship in the line, “Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.”
― Jack Kornfield, A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times