86 Quotes by Joseph Goldstein

When the momentum of mindfulness is well developed, it works like a boomerang; even if we want to distract ourselves, the mind naturally rebounds to a state of awareness.

Guilt is a manifestation of condemnation or aversion towards oneself, which does not understand the changing transformative quality of mind.'Seeking the Heart of Wisdom

At first, as we undertake the cultivation of compassion, we may feel genuine empathy with others in pain or difficulty. This happens when we take the time to stop and feel what is really going on—even for just a few moments before rushing on with our lives.

Distortion of view takes place when we hold so deeply to our viewpoint that not even known facts can sway our beliefs.

Whatever has the nature to arise has the nature to cease.

When we see deeply that all that is subject to arising is also subject to cessation, that whatever arises will also pass away, the mind becomes disenchanted. Becoming disenchanted, one becomes dispassionate. And through dispassion, the mind is liberated.

Awareness of motivation plays a central role in the path of liberation.

For spiritual practice to develop, it is absolutely essential that we establish a basis of moral conduct in our lives.

We see that each experience is simply just what it is, and that the “I” and “mine” are extra.