Sharon Salzberg Quotes

I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.

I don't really believe in regret or mistakes. I try to take everything as it is, be comfortable with myself.

I take deep breaths and be true to my heart.

Enjoy the fashions, read the good articles, and when you feel threatened, turn your mental gaze inward, but keep your eyes on the road, or you won't know where you are going. Have a practice or discipline that lets you be in touch with your inner self, your soul.

You learn to accept your own reality.

I'm like a recovering perfectionist. For me it's one day at a time.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

Self-care is so much more than a beauty regimen or an external thing you do. It has to start within your heart to know what you need to navigate your life. A pedicure doesn't last, but meditating every day does.

I think alone time is good to know how to be alone with your own thoughts. I think it just helps you kind of be a better, more grounded person.

We are all on a journey to mastering our inner peace.

Am I completely indifferent to criticism? No, not at all. But I know who I am and I have learned to respect and care for who I am.

You've got to tune out the other people and tune in to what's going on inside. Love yourself. Nourish your body.

What I learned is you have to be forgiving with yourself. You have to be willing to take your time, and you can't expect things from yourself that you can't deliver.

Learning to love yourself is not going to happen overnight - the first step is trying to be kinder and more patient with yourself, and I understand that it takes time.

Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.

Love yourself. KNOW thyself. And be mindful of your thoughts.

You’ve learned a new rule and it’s simple: don’t put yourself in situations you’d like to run away from. But when you run, run back to yourself, like that bunny in Runaway Bunny runs to its mother, but you are the mother and you’ll see that later and be very, very proud.

Many of us have a need to be right. We then set out to make ourselves right by making someone else wrong. We must get right with ourselves. Once we do, we will have so much to do, we will not have time to keep track of who is wrong.

Patience has nothing to do with suppression. In fact, it has everything to do with a gentle, honest relationship with yourself.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

Believe in yourself and try not to take anything personally.

People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of their body, awareness of their mental space, awareness of their relationships - not only with each other, but with life and the ecosystem.

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.