Quotes from Charlotte Joko Beck

Joy is being the circumstances of our life just as they are.

Human beings are basically good, kind, and compassionate, but it takes hard digging to uncover that buried jewel.

What makes it unbearable is your mistaken belief that it can be cured.

We learn in our guts, not just in our brain, that a life of joy is not in seeking happiness, but in experiencing and simply being the circumstances of our life as they are; not in fulfilling personal wants, but in fulfilling the needs of life