The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
Sharon SalzbergWhile you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.
Sharon SalzbergEven on the spiritual path, we have things we'll tend to cover up or be in denial about.
Sharon SalzbergMeditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular experience. We may have a secret desire that through meditation we will accumulate a stockpile of magical experiences, or at least a mystical trophy or two, and then we will be able to proudly display them for others to see.
Sharon Salzberg