The deepest reasons to love yourself have nothing to do with anything outside you — not with your body or with others’ expectations of you. If you ground yourself in your own goodness, nothing will be able to damage your self-esteem. Take delight in your inner nature, in your virtues, and in all your beautiful qualities.
17th Karmapa
from the book The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out
translated by Ngodup Tsering Burkhar & Damchö Diana Finnegan
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Further quotes from the book The Heart Is Noble:
- Let the moon be the keeper of my love
- Capacity for Change
- Who are you
- True Wealth
- We need space to grow and learn from our own mistakes
- Reality is your teacher
- Interdependent reality
- Social action
- Protective Inner Wisdom
- The Wealth of Contentment
- Life in Balance
- Boxing Love with Our Expectations
- Just Love
- Nothing is intrinsically bad
- There are no fixed starting points
- Difference without Division
- Breaking barriers
- Healthy relationships
- Take joy in your sincere intentions