We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

About Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg (born August 5, 1952) is an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice in the West. In 1974, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts, with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her emphasis is on vipassanā (insight) and mettā (loving-kindness) methods, and she has been leading...

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Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished.

—Sharon Salzberg

By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we're more likely to be changed by it.

—Sharon Salzberg

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope—a slight change, and all patterns alter.

—Sharon Salzberg

Any 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

We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.

—Sharon Salzberg in The Force of Kindness

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

About Sharon Salzberg

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