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“It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us to turn toward them with compassion.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

tags: compassion, dealing-with-pain, happiness, longing, pain, real-love-quotes, shared-pain

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“We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

tags: love, mediocrity, mediocrity-and-happiness, meditation, mindfulness, positivity, real-love, real-love-quotes

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“We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

tags: buddhism, love, memory, self-confidence, self-love, stories, tragedy

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“If I’d been someone else in a different world I’d've done something different, but I was myself and the world was the world, so I was silent.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

tags: life, world

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“I didn't feel empty. I wished I'd felt empty. ... I wanted to be empty like an overturned pitcher. But I was full like a stone.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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