“Even in the midst of devastation, something within us always points the way to freedom.”
"The first step toward feeling compassion for others is to set the intention to try it out."
- Sharon Salzberg
Compassion
"Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others."
- Sharon Salzberg
Resilience
"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
- Sharon Salzberg
Self-esteem
"An ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain."
- Sharon Salzberg
Faith
"If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you’ll be living in a world with less fear, isolation, and loneliness."
- Sharon Salzberg
Inner Peace
"Happiness is possible even in the midst of darkness."
- Beauty and the Beast
Hope
"No one is beyond redemption."
- Beauty and the Beast
Hope
"You will … hear us declare with Moroni that hope is essential if we are to ‘receive [the] inheritance [God] hast prepared [for us]’ [Ether 12:32]. We want you to claim that inheritance as sons and daughters of a king. To do that, we must realize that hope is not just the message and manner of the naturally optimistic; it is the privilege of everyone who believes."
- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Hope
"Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden."
- Cormac McCarthy
Hope
"Light tomorrow with today."
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Hope