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Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 124

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If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 123

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Some days we feel like strangers.  When our heart opens, we will realize that we belong just here.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 121

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If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear.  If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 119

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Life lives on life.  We all eat and are eaten.  When we forget this, we cry; when we remember this, we can nourish one another.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 114

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At the bottom of things, most people want to be understood and appreciated.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 111

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As rain falls on the just and the unjust alike, let your heart be untroubled by judgments and let your kindness rain on all.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 110

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In times of difficulty take refuge in compassion and truth.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 109

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Do not judge yourself harshly.  Without mercy for ourselves we cannot love the world.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 107

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Generosity brings joy; honesty brings peace.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 106

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The greatest protection is a loving heart.  Protecting yourself, you protect others.  Protecting others, you protect yourself.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 105

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Simplicity brings more happiness than complexity.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 104

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Do not seek perfection in a changing world.  Instead, perfect your love.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 103

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What has been long neglected cannot be restored immediately.  Fruit falls from the tree when it is ripe.  The way cannot be forced.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 102

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Even our anger can be held with a heart of kindness.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 100

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Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment.  But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 96

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Calm and compassion are so precious.  Make sure not to lose them through intoxication.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 95

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Strength and justice are the products of a steady heart.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 94

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 Every life has a measure of sorrow.  Sometimes it is this that awakens us.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 93

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Fear is always an anticipation of what has not yet come.

-- Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book, p. 91