Anger Quotes by Pema Chödrön

15 Anger quotes by Pema Chödrön

Pema Chodron invites you to sit with anger rather than flee from it, offering 15 compassionate teachings that guide you toward calm awareness. Her words feel like a warm hand on a restless mind.

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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

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“PATIENCE is the antidote to anger, a way to learn to love and care for whatever we meet on the path.”

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Feel the wounded heart that's underneath the addiction, self-loathing, or anger.

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Sometimes, this broken heart gives birth to anxiety and panic, sometimes to anger, resentment and blame. But under the hardness of that…

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If right now our emotional reaction to seeing a certain person or hearing certain news is to fly into a rage or…

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If you aren't feeding the fire of anger or the fire of craving by talking to yourself, then the fire doesn't have…

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We're afraid that this anger or sorrow or loneliness is going to last forever... Instead, acting it out is what makes it…

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If you’re aggressive in your dealings, that’s how you’ll be regarded in the world. You might smile and give generously, but if…

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“An emotion like anger that's an automatic response lasts just ninety seconds from the moment it's triggered until it runs its course.…

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“Others will always show you exactly where you are stuck. They say or do something and you automatically get hooked into a…

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When we struggle agains our energy we reject the source of wisdom. Anger without the fixation is none other than clear-seeing wisdom.…

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If you have rage and righteously act it out and blame it all on others, it's really you who suffers. The other…

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The way I regard those who hurt me today will affect how I experience the world in the future. In any encounter,…

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Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with…

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That could be applied to whatever you feel. Maybe anger is your thing. You just go out of control and you see…

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