true wealth

“True wealth is contentment, and happiness is forgetting to worry how you are and how much you have.”

- Sharon Salzberg. “Love Your Enemies.” Hay House, 2013-09-11.

enough room to breathe

"One thing I have learned about this method, contemplative cooking, is that if you want to make anything from scratch, including your own peace of mind, you must, as Sagan advised, first invent a universe where that is possible for yourself. Where there is enough room to breathe into a more peaceful, easy, loving, and potentially wise version of yourself."

- Stacia Trask. "Strawberry-Rhubarb Being, From Scratch-That." www.peacefoodlove.com.

the reasons we judge ourselves

“One of the reasons we judge ourselves harshly is our belief that we ought to have far greater control over outcomes in life than we do.”

- Sharon Salzberg. “Love Your Enemies.” Hay House, 2013-09-11.

counting on a changeable world

“If we are counting on a changeable world, outside of our dominion or control, to give us a feeling of self-worth, we’re in trouble.”

- Sharon Salzberg. “Love Your Enemies.” Hay House, 2013-09-11.

being right or being happy

“When you find yourself in conflict, do you care more about being right or being happy? Can you step down off your pedestal long enough to acknowledge that being right might not matter if it only prolongs suffering?”

- Sharon Salzberg. “Love Your Enemies.” Hay House, 2013-09-11.

the energy of tolerance

“Your anger at anger effectively becomes the energy of tolerance.”

- Sharon Salzberg. “Love Your Enemies.” Hay House, 2013-09-11.