Metta Quotes:

Even without his robes an arahant is recognized simply by the effect his metta has in a crowd.

- Tim Ward

source: Tim Ward (2013). “What the Buddha Never Taught: A 'Behind the Robes" Account of Life in a Thai Forest Monastery”, p.207, Changemakers Books

topic: Crowds, Metta, Robes

To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through lovingkindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.

- Sharon Salzberg

source: Sharon Salzberg (2008). “Lovingkindness”, p.22, Shambhala Publications

topic: Flower, Metta, Loving Kindness, Lovingkindness, Loveliness

When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.

- Sharon Salzberg

source: Sharon Salzberg (2008). “Lovingkindness”, p.26, Shambhala Publications

topic: Practice, Our Relationship, Metta

Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world. Practicing metta illuminates our inner integrity because it relieves us of the need to deny different aspects of ourselves.

- Sharon Salzberg

source: Sharon Salzberg (2002). “Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness”, p.27, Shambhala Publications

topic: Integrity, Different, Needs, Metta

And so, with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings.

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Heart, Animal, Cherish, Metta, Boundless

It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves without moralizing, without harshness, without deception, can we let go of harmful patterns. Without maitri (metta), renunciation of old habits becomes abusive. This is an important point.

- Pema Chodron

topic: Letting Go, Old Habits, Meditation, Moralizing, Metta

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

source: Sharon Salzberg (2008). “Lovingkindness”, p.27, Shambhala Publications

topic: Integrity, Meditation, Mind, Metta

Very few people know the real meaning of friendship. More often than not, there is too much emphasis on sentiment, and too little on action. Metta is something that must be lived.

- Sangharakshita

topic: Real, People, Littles, Meaning Of Friendship, Metta