The Force of Kindness Quotes

“We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.”
― Sharon Salzberg, The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion

“We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.”
― Sharon Salzberg, The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion

“We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.”
― Sharon Salzberg, The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion

“We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.”
― Sharon Salzberg, The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion

“The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns
of fear & jealousy.”
― Sharon Salzberg, The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion

“Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.”
― Sharon Salzberg, The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion

“We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.”
― Sharon Salzberg, The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion

“over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we can not go forward forgetting those left behind." Page 62”
― Sharon Salzberg, The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion