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:

• There are no fixed starting points
• Just Love
• My trust is a gift
• Our life is vast
• Making healthy relationships possible
• Authentic love
• Interdependent reality
• Boxing Love with Our Expectations
• We truly have everything we need already
• Look what he did
• Balanced Life
• Who are you
• Let the moon be the keeper of my love
• Distinguishing between wants and needs
• Breaking barriers
• Expanding our sense of ourselves
• Take joy in your sincere intentions
• We need space to grow and learn from our own mistakes
• Facing Impermanence Wisely
• Greed is a recipe for dissatisfaction