A Quote by Sharon Salzberg

Loving ourselves opens us to truly knowing ourselves as part of the matrix of existence, inextricably connected to the boundlessness of life... when we see that we are far bigger than the person that is delineated by family or cultural expectations, we realize we are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.

Sharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg
American - Author
Born: 1952

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Daniel Levitin

You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine

Sharon Salzberg

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Fred Rogers

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