Jack Kornfield Way Quotations

With mindfulness, we are learning to observe in a new way, with balance and a powerful disidentification.

It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.

As we step out of the way new things are born.

You have to accept the way things are before you can move on.

The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are.

Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.

Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.

Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.

Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.

Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?