Jack Kornfield

“Faith is the willingness to step into the unknown with an open heart.”

“All beings want to be free of suffering. This recognition is the seed of compassion.”

“In stillness, the deepest things are heard.”

“To love is to risk not being loved in return — and yet love anyway.”

“The shape of a life is the shape of attention.”

“Even the smallest moment of awareness is a step toward freedom.”

“To awaken is to move from being a victim of your story to being the awareness in which it unfolds.”

“You will know peace when you cease your war with what is.”

“Letting go does not mean giving up. It means making space for what is true.”

“Compassion includes ourselves — or it is not compassion at all.”

“Your only obligation in life is to be true to yourself.”

“To be a Buddha is to be fully human.”

“The capacity to love starts with the capacity to be present.”

“In any moment of confusion, return to the breath.”

“True faith is not certainty — it is openness in the face of the unknown.”

“The deepest gift you can give another is your own awakened heart.”

“Suffering ends not when life is fixed, but when our resistance to life ends.”

“Joy is the simple recognition of being alive in this moment.”

“Listening — really listening — is one of the most profound spiritual practices.”