The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace Quotes

“There are many ways that I have hurt and harmed others, have betrayed or abandoned them, caused them suffering, knowingly or unknowingly, out of my pain, fear, anger, and confusion.

Let yourself remember and visualize the ways you have hurt others. See the pain you have caused out of your own fear and confusion. Feel your own sorrow and regret. Sense that finally you can release this burden and ask for forgiveness. Take as much time as you need to picture each memory that still burdens your heart. And then as each person comes to mind, gently say:
I ask for your forgiveness, I ask for your forgiveness.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“If you put a spoonful of salt
in a cup of water
it tastes very salty.
If you put a spoonful of salt
in a lake of fresh water
the taste is still pure and clear.

Peace comes when our hearts are
open like the sky,
vast as the ocean.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“The words of the Buddha offer this truth: ∼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“True love is not for the faint-hearted.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“Love creates a communion with life. Love expands us, connects us, sweetens us, ennobles us.

Love springs up in tender concern, it blossoms into caring action. It makes beauty out of all we touch. In any moment we can step beyond our small self and embrace each other as beloved parts of a whole.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“Your happiness and suffering depend on your actions and not on my wishes for you.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“There is no higher happiness than peace.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“In the Babemba tribe of South Africa, when a person acts irresponsibly or unjustly, he is placed in the center of the village, alone and unfettered. All work ceases, and every man, woman, and child in the village gathers in a large circle around the accused individual. Then each person in the tribe speaks to the accused, one at a time, each recalling the good things the person in the center of the circle has done in his lifetime. Every incident, every experience that can be recalled with any detail and accuracy, is recounted. All his positive attributes, good deeds, strengths, and kindnesses are recited carefully and at length. This tribal ceremony often lasts for several days. At the end, the tribal circle is broken, a joyous celebration takes place, and the person is symbolically and literally welcomed back into the tribe.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art Of Forgiveness, Loving Kindness And Peace

“Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“Even trying too hard to be good, we can lose our center. ~ To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of our times. Thomas Merton”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“If you expect your life to be up and down, your mind will be much more peaceful.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“Anger, blame, conflict, and resentment arise from our fear. When we are afraid, our body tightens, our heart is constricted, our mind is possessed. We cannot live wisely.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather around us, that they may see their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer perhaps even a fiercer life because of our quiet. William Butler Yeats”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“True love is not for the faint-hearted. Meher Baba”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“~ If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free. Ajahn Chah”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“∼ Do not ignore the effect of each wise action saying, “This will come to nothing.” Just as by the gradual fall of raindrops the water jar is filled, so in time the wise become replete with good. Dhammapada”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art Of Forgiveness, Loving Kindness And Peace

“When we clearly realize that the source of disharmony and misery in the world is ignorance, we can open the door of wisdom and compassion.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“There is a web of life into which we are born, from which we can never fall.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“My life has been filled with terrible misfortunes — most of which never happened. Mark Twain”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

“As we step out of the way new things are born.”
― Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace