A key barometer to help us weigh the rightness of our actions is self-respect.

— Sharon Salzberg

A lack of real love for ourselves is one of the most constricting, painful conditions we can know.

— Sharon Salzberg

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

— Sharon Salzberg

All of our actions can signify self-love or self-sabotage

— Sharon Salzberg

Although love is often depicted as starry-eyed and sweet, love for the self is made of tougher stuff.

— Sharon Salzberg

Although much of the work we do in committed relationships we do with our partners, sometimes it’s necessary to start with ourselves.

— Sharon Salzberg

Anger often makes us hurt ourselves more than any enemy.

— Sharon Salzberg

Any time we find ourselves relying on the ideas of an absolute, frozen state of right and wrong—or fairness versus unfairness—that we are used to, we can compare the habit to distraction during meditation.

— Sharon Salzberg

A particularly difficult line to navigate is the one between fear and love, especially for parents, who want more than anything to protect their children from suffering.

— Sharon Salzberg

A relationship is the union of two psychological systems.

— Sharon Salzberg