Jack Kornfield Quotes About Acceptance

Quotes about: Acceptance

• In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.

  Jack Kornfield

  Acceptance, Self, Understanding

  Jack Kornfield (2012). “Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are”, p.136, Shambhala Publications

• In deep self-acceptance grows a compassionate understanding. As one Zen master said when I asked if he ever gets angry, 'Of course I get angry, but then a few minutes later I say to myself, 'What's the use of this,' and I let it go.'

  Jack Kornfield

  Letting Go, Acceptance, Compassion

  Jack Kornfield (2012). “Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are”, p.136, Shambhala Publications

• Acceptance does not mean inaction. We may need to respond, strongly at times...From a peaceful center we can respond instead of react. Unconscious reactions create problems. Considered responses bring peace. With a peaceful heart whatever happens can be met with wisdom...Peace is not weak; it is unshakable.

  Jack Kornfield

  Heart, Mean, Acceptance

• A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.

  Jack Kornfield

  Kindness, Acceptance, Compassion

• Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

  Jack Kornfield

  Wisdom, Peace, Buddhist

  Twitter post from Jan 19, 2015

• Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

  Jack Kornfield

  Spiritual, Acceptance, Self

  Twitter post from Dec 11, 2014

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