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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Joy
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Live
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
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Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things.
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For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually otherwise our spirituality can become idealistic and imitative, acting out the image of generosity before it has become genuine.
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When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We must have the courage to face whatever is present - our pain, our desires, our grief, our loss, our secret hopes our love - everything that moves us most deeply.
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