Jack Kornfield

“Wisdom and compassion are the two wings of awakening.”

“Anger is not bad. Holding on to anger — that is what creates suffering.”

“The Buddha taught that we suffer because we try to hold on to what is changing.”

“Peace is the result of the practice of non-clinging, not of getting things our way.”

“The heart's natural state is peace, but the mind agitates.”

“True meditation is allowing what is to be what is — without grasping or pushing away.”

“Trust your basic goodness.”

“The path is not about becoming. It is about un-becoming.”

“Generosity is the antidote to fear.”

“Each of us is precious. The world cannot do without you.”

“To live with mindfulness is to live with grace.”

“Even small acts of kindness ripple outward in ways we will never know.”

“To meditate is to learn to listen — to your body, your breath, your heart.”

“What we cultivate in our hearts will become the world we live in.”

“Awareness is the place where suffering ends and freedom begins.”

“You can hold yourself in the same compassion you would offer a dear friend.”

“To meet our own life with compassion is to begin to heal the world.”

“The deepest well of compassion is found in the heart that has known suffering.”

“Mindfulness is not separate from anything you do. It is in everything you do.”