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“The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That’s how much gratitude I can give. If I carry only grief, I’ll bend toward cynicism and despair. If I have only gratitude, I’ll become saccharine and won’t develop much compassion for other people’s suffering. Grief keeps the heart fluid and soft, which helps make compassion possible.”
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“The quality of your life will depend entirely on the focus of your attention.”
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“There's no need to act just because you have a feeling.”
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“Facing suffering, embracing suffering, becoming the conscious, compassionate awareness that can bring an end to suffering, is not painful. Trying to hide from suffering is extremely painful and will rob you of your life.”
― Making a Change for Good: A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline
― Making a Change for Good: A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline
“Rather than going from where we are to where we want to be, we need to remember to be where we are, here, now. We don 't need to go anywhere else or do anything else. We don't need to go from here to there; we need to
return from there to here.”
― How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
return from there to here.”
― How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
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