"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
"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
"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
- Henry David Thoreau
Mindfulness
"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."
- Anon
Mindfulness
"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."
- Kai Greene
Mindfulness
"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."
- Unknown
Mindfulness
"Your limits are all in your mind."
- Unknown
Mindfulness