582 Quotes by Sharon Salzberg

All of our actions can signify self-love or self-sabotage

Self-love is an unfolding process that gains strength over time, not a goal with a fixed end point.

We truly can reconfigure how we see ourselves and reclaim the love for ourselves that we’re innately capable of.

Although love is often depicted as starry-eyed and sweet, love for the self is made of tougher stuff.

We begin to cultivate real love for ourselves when we treat ourselves with compassion.

Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing from an infinite palette of patterns and hues.

Love seems to open and expand us right down to the cellular level, while fear causes us to contract and withdraw into ourselves.

Many strong emotions are actually intricate tapestries woven of various strands.

Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.