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Sharon Salzberg is a renowned author and mindfulness meditation teacher. Born in New York in 1952, she has a deep interest in Eastern philosophy and meditation from a young age. Her works cover a wide range of topics including personal growth, spiritual cultivation, and Buddhist wisdom, which have won her a large following among readers.

Famous Sharon Salzberg Quotes

“With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love should be.”

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Book:Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“Letting go of the belief that we’re powerless to help relieve our own suffering enhances our ability not only to heal but also to genuinely love and receive the love of others.”

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Book:Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.”

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Book:Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“Forgiveness can be bittersweet. It contains the sweetness of the release of a story that has caused us pain, but also the poignant reminder that even our dearest relationships change over the course of a lifetime.”

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Book:Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.”

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Book:Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.”

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Book:Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“There is a sentiment common among most of us when it comes to love—letting go can feel scary.”

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Book:Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“Letting go is actually a healthy foundation upon which we can open up to real love—to giving, receiving, and experiencing it authentically and organically.”

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Book:Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“Grief helps us to relinquish the illusion that the past could be different from what it was.”

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Book:Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“It is a state of peace to be able to accept things as they are. This is to be at home in our own lives. We see that this universe is much too big to hold on to, but it is the perfect size for letting go. Our hearts and minds become that big, and we can actually let go. This is the gift of equanimity.”

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Book:Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

Source: Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

“The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.”

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Book:Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“The cultivation of generosity is the beginning of spiritual awakening. Generosity has tremendous force because it arises from an inner quality of letting go. Being able to let go, to give up, to renounce, and to give generously all spring from the same source, and when we practice generosity ... we open up these qualities within ourselves.”

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Author:Sharon Salzberg

“We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking - while cultivating power and clarity in response to difficult situations.”

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Author:Sharon Salzberg

“To remember non-attachment is to remember what freedom is all about. If we get attached, even to a beautiful state of being, we are caught, and ultimately we will suffer. We work to observe anything that comes our way, experience it while it is here, and be able to let go of it.”

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Author:Sharon Salzberg

“The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of a thought or a feeling, not because we are afraid of it or because we can’t bear to acknowledge it as a part of our experience; but, because it is UNNECESSARY.”

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Book:A Heart as Wide as the World

Source: A Heart as Wide as the World

“The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds”

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Book:A Heart as Wide as the World

Source: A Heart as Wide as the World

“In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.”

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Author:Sharon Salzberg

“We can travel a long way in life and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new experiences. it is born from letting go of what is unnecessary, and knowing ourselves to be always at home.”

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Author:Sharon Salzberg

“True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.”

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Author:Sharon Salzberg

“Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if so, let go and change directions.”

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Book:Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program

Source: Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program

“There is no 'thing' to let go of, but a concept, an idea of an ego that burdens us. As soon as we posit a 'thing' to let go of, we're in trouble. We need to change our view of reality, not attack a nonexistent entity.”

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Author:Sharon Salzberg

“Meditation is not a matter of trying to stop thinking or make your mind go blank but rather to realize when your attention is wandering and to simply let go of the thoughts and begin again. It is a way of changing our relationship to our thoughts, so we're not so consumed by them, with no sense of space. Having a newly spacious relationship to our thoughts brings both peace and freedom.”

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Author:Sharon Salzberg

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Born: 1952
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