Krishna Das says to love somebody is to…

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.”

– Krishna Das

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Jack Kornfield says peace comes when our hearts are…

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.”

– Jack Kornfield

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Daphne Rose Kingma says holding on is believing that there is only a past…

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Holding on is believing that there is only a past; letting go is knowing that there is a future.”

– Daphne Rose Kingma

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Jack Kornfield says wisdom says we are nothing…

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.”

– Jack Kornfield

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Roshi Joan Halifax says the thing that one learns about love is you cannot bank it…

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“The thing that one learns about love is you cannot bank it.  You can’t accumulate it.  Love works because you let go of it.  You send it.  You share it.”

– Roshi Joan Halifax, Cultivating the Courage to Love, video trailer, Spring on Maui online retreat, May 1-3, 2015

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Thomas Moore says remember that love is not only about relationship…

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Attempted Love

“It may help us, in those times of trouble, to remember that love is not only about relationship, it is also an affair of the soul.”

– Thomas Moore, Care of the Soul: Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life

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William Carlos Williams says everyone in this life is defeated…

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Everyone in this life is defeated but a man, if he be a man, is not defeated.”

– William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

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