“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.”
"The first step toward feeling compassion for others is to set the intention to try it out."
- Sharon Salzberg
Compassion
"Even in the midst of devastation, something within us always points the way to freedom."
- Sharon Salzberg
Hope
"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
"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
"In a sense, your small and simple sacrifices are the dots of daily living that make up the masterpiece painting of your life. You may not see how the dots connect now, and you don’t need to yet. Simply have faith enough for the moment you are living in now. Trust in God, and ‘out of small things [will come] that which is great’ [Doctrine and Covenants 64:33]."
- Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Faith
"With God all things are possible."
Faith
"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
Faith
"Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.’"
Faith
"Jesus answered, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’"
Faith