Jack Kornfield Quotes About Spirituality

Quotes about: Spirituality

• The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.

  Jack Kornfield

  Wise, Spiritual, And Love

  Jack Kornfield (2008). “A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life”, p.71, Random House

• To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.

  Jack Kornfield

  Spiritual, Art, Mistake

• Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.

  Jack Kornfield

  Spiritual, Long, Silence

  Jack Kornfield (2010). “The Art Of Forgiveness, Loving Kindness And Peace”, p.127, Random House

• A bulging portfolio of spiritual experiences matters little if it does not have the power to sustain us through the inevitable moments of grief, loss, and change. Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched. Wisdom is alive only as long as it is lived, understanding is liberating only as long as it is applied.

  Jack Kornfield

  Spiritual, Grief, Heart

• For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise our spirituality can become idealistic and imitative, acting out the image of generosity before it has become genuine.

  Jack Kornfield

  Spiritual, Generosity, Quality

• What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?

  Jack Kornfield

  Letting Go, Spiritual, Compassion

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