Tara Brach

“Feelings are not facts.”

“Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind, and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance.”

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere.”

“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.”

“The way out of our cage begins with accepting absolutely everything about ourselves and our lives.”

“Trance is what occurs when we are caught in a story.”

“Refuge is here, in this moment, in this breath.”

“Forgiveness is not something we do for someone else. It is something we do for ourselves.”

“True forgiveness includes a clear understanding that we cannot rewrite the past.”

“Love sees through misperception, and meets us as we are.”

“What if your purpose was simply to be present, to be aware, and to wake up to the truth?”

“The very act of pausing — taking a moment to breathe — interrupts the trance and creates space for awareness.”

“When we are unable to be in our experience as it is, we judge ourselves and others. We blame, withdraw, attack, or numb.”

“Real freedom comes from saying yes to what is.”

“The cure for anxiety is here, not somewhere else.”

“Beneath the noise of the egoic mind, there is a vast quiet, a still presence that is your real home.”

“You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing.”

“Compassion is the heart that trembles in the face of suffering.”

“The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.”