--- title: "4 Daily life Quotes By Tenzin Palmo" description: "4 Daily life quotes by Tenzin Palmo. Plus more from Tenzin Palmo and more Daily life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/tenzin-palmo-1431_advice_all-of-the-external-circumstances-and-th_857979.jpg" --- > [All of the external circumstances and the rude and difficult people we meet, instead of getting angry, upset, or frustrated, we see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/all-of-the-external-circumstances-and-the-rude-and-difficult-people/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/tenzin-palmo-1431_advice_all-of-the-external-circumstances-and-th_857979.jpg) > [Nowadays, mindfulness has become a catch-all word, but the general principle of trying to be more conscious and aware in our daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/nowadays-mindfulness-has-become-a-catch-all-word-but-the-general/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/tenzin-palmo-1431_conscious_nowadays-mindfulness-has-become-a-catch_1550059.png) > [Doing retreats, getting personal teachings from time to time from inspiring teachers, all of this helps to recharge our batteries. Then we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/doing-retreats-getting-personal-teachings-from-time-to-time-from/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/tenzin-palmo-1431_batteries_doing-retreats-getting-personal-teaching_1564670.png) > [We live in a society which is heading in one direction, so it's good to have at least a few friends who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-live-in-a-society-which-is-heading-in-one-direction-so-it-s-good/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/tenzin-palmo-1431_centre_we-live-in-a-society-which-is-heading-in_2213053.png) ## Other authors on Daily life - [Lailah Gifty Akita 66 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/dalai-lama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jiddu-krishnamurti-49572.jpg) Jiddu Krishnamurti 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/jiddu-krishnamurti/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nhat-hanh-70939.jpg) Nhat Hanh 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/nhat-hanh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/frederick-lenz/) - [Esther Smith 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/esther-smith/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-milan-kundera-68231.jpg) Milan Kundera 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/milan-kundera/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mason-cooley-65303.jpg) Mason Cooley 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/mason-cooley/) ## More by Tenzin Palmo > [All of us are playing roles, and there's nothing wrong with playing roles because we have to live in this world - the problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/all-of-us-are-playing-roles-and-there-s-nothing-wrong-with-playing/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [The very best players, when they are practicing, put everything they've got into it. But then they leave it for a while. And it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/the-very-best-players-when-they-are-practicing-put-everything-they-ve/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [I really don't know what I could teach and don't really plan to teach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-really-don-t-know-what-i-could-teach-and-don-t-really-plan-to-teach/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [If you go to any nunnery and ask them what the main obstacle is, they'll always say low self-esteem and lack of confidence. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-go-to-any-nunnery-and-ask-them-what-the-main-obstacle-is-they/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [To really be of benefit to others as the Buddha always taught, we ourselves must first get out of the swamp. One of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/to-really-be-of-benefit-to-others-as-the-buddha-always-taught-we/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [For any practice to work, the mind which is meditating on the object must merge. Often they are facing each other. One has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/for-any-practice-to-work-the-mind-which-is-meditating-on-the-object/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [I've often said that the seventh paramita should be a sense of humor, so we don't take ourselves too seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-ve-often-said-that-the-seventh-paramita-should-be-a-sense-of-humor/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-take-the-time-to-study-how-to-be-a-doctor-and-how-to-use-your/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [If we want to be musicians, dancers or sportspeople, we can download a certain amount and watch DVDs and read books, but in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-we-want-to-be-musicians-dancers-or-sportspeople-we-can-download-a/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [Realization is wonderful, but you have to expand it until there's not a single defilement left in the mind and the mind is completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/realization-is-wonderful-but-you-have-to-expand-it-until-there-s-not/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [It's not a matter of how much you know or can define, or how many millions of mantras or thousands of prostrations you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/it-s-not-a-matter-of-how-much-you-know-or-can-define-or-how-many/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [We have compassion because of the incredible pain and suffering which we as unenlightened beings cause to ourselves and all others through our ignorance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-have-compassion-because-of-the-incredible-pain-and-suffering-which/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [When I look back I can think that of course I've been lazy and haven't practiced as much as I could have and have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/when-i-look-back-i-can-think-that-of-course-i-ve-been-lazy-and-haven/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [We do have the precious opportunity of this human life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-do-have-the-precious-opportunity-of-this-human-life/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) > [I think the problem with Western students is they're very ambitious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-think-the-problem-with-western-students-is-they-re-very-ambitious/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-life/tenzin-palmo/#itemlist", "name": "4 Daily life Quotes By Tenzin Palmo", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All of the external circumstances and the rude and difficult people we meet, instead of getting angry, upset, or frustrated, we see that we can take them all and use them on the path in a way that actually invigorates and strengthens us, rather than defeats us. 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