A Heart as Wide as the World Quotes

“In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make
friends with the quietness of our sensations.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“The poet Rumi says: "How long will we fill our pockets like children with dirt and stones? Let the world go. Holding it, we never know ourselves, never are airborne.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love
ourselves and to more consistently love others.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty. It is not a harsh, straining, desperate effort but, rather, an ardent and wholehearted remembrance of our capacity for freedom. Right Effort is willingness to open where we have been closed, to come close to what we have avoided, to be patient with ourselves, and to let go of our preconceptions.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“It's important to investigate the nature of anger because it is such a powerful energy and can be so destructive. When we can face our anger without being afraid of it, or angry about it, or defenseless in the face of it, then we can come close to it. When we are able to look closely at anger, we see the threads of different feelings - the sadness and the fear woven throughout it - and we can see its true nature. When we can uncover the helplessness and powerlessness that often feed anger, we transform them. In being mindful of these feelings, we actually use the sheer energy of anger - without getting lost in it or overcome by its tremendously deluding and fixating quality - to reveal instead the courage and compassion that have been concealed.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Compassion is born out of lovingkindness.
It is born of knowing our oneness, not just thinking about it or wishing it were so. It is born out of the wisdom of seeing things exactly as they are.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Through meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness