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Kristin Neff, PhD, is an American professor of psychology and pioneer in the field of self-compassion research. She has authored numerous academic articles and trade books on the topic, and is the creator of the Self-Compassion Scale, which is a tool for measuring inner empathy.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageOur successes and failures come and go—they neither define us nor do they determine our worthiness.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageOnce we start basing our self-esteem purely on our performance, our greatest joys in life can start to seem like so much hard work, our pleasure morphing into pain.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageRemember that if you really want to motivate yourself, love is more powerful than fear.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageAs the seventeenth-century French philosopher Montaigne once said, ‘My life has been filled with terrible misfortune, most of which never happened.’

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FindCenter Quotes ImageHappiness stems from loving ourselves and our lives exactly as they are, knowing that joy and pain, strength and weakness, glory and failure are all essential to the full human experience.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWhenever something goes wrong in my life, I silently repeat the following phrases: This is a moment of suffering. Suffering is part of life. May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I give myself the compassion I need.

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