158 Quotes by Tara Brach

Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.

The trance of unworthiness keeps the sweetness of belonging out of reach. The path to "the sweetness of belonging," is acceptance - acceptance of ourselves and acceptance of others without judgment.

There are some things we can't choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them

Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.

When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.

Compassion can be described as letting ourselves be touched by the vulnerability and suffering that is within ourselves and all beings. The full flowering of compassion also includes action: Not only do we attune to the presence of suffering, we respond to it.

Nothing is wrong—whatever is happening is just “real life.

We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.

Mindfulness is a pause -- the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.