Metta Meditation Quotes

#1. Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises.

Sharon Salzberg

#2. My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance.

Ryan White

#3. Morality binds and blinds.

Jonathan Haidt

#4. I like your hair down." He twisted his fingers through the curls.
My eyes drifted shut as I relaxed next to him. "It's a mess. I need to get a haircut."
Hayden's fingers stilled. "No. You shouldn't cut your hair. It's beautiful."
I would never cut my hair. Ever.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#5. Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of our minds, and it is not damaged through uncertainty and change.

Sharon Salzberg

#6. My own answer to the contrarian question is that most people think the future of the world will be defined by globalization, but the truth is that technology matters more.

Peter Thiel

#7. Every trace of the old philosophy and literatureof the ancient world has vanished from the face of the earth.

Saint John Chrysostom

#8. I'm a child because I like peanut butter?

Jodi Ellen Malpas

#9. With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.

Sharon Salzberg

#10. Very Nice to meet you all"
They all floated in silence as if waiting on something when it dawned on me that they were waiting for me to get in. I pulled off my shirt and tossed it with my towel. When I turned around their mouths were agape.
"What?"
"N-nothing" Finley said, her eyes wide.

Fisher Amelie

#11. Death is feared as birth is forgotten.

Douglas Horton

#12. As bad as it is here, it's better than being somewhere else.
-Chris Rose, regarding life in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Chris Rose

#13. We love rain cause raining means cleaning sins

MK PRINCE

#14. Sad to hear news about Michael Weiner, deepest condolences to his loved ones. His sacrifices as head of players union will not be forgotten.

Jose Bautista

#15. There's nothing wrong with it. It's only a word. What's in a name? Nothing! Cats say, "Call me Muhammed so-and-so. "

Art Blakey

#16. We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.

Sharon Salzberg