--- title: "12 Fall apart Quotes By Pema Chödrön" description: "12 Fall apart quotes by Pema Chödrön. Plus more from Pema Chödrön and more Fall apart sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/pema-ch-dr-n-327_fall-apart_things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testin_1439663.jpg" --- > [“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testing-and-also-a-kind-of-healing/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/pema-ch-dr-n-327_fall-apart_things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testin_1439663.jpg) > [When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/when-things-fall-apart-in-your-life-you-feel-as-if-your-whole-world/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/pema-ch-dr-n-327_causes_when-things-fall-apart-in-your-life-you_1728890.jpg) > [It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/it-s-a-transformative-experience-to-simply-pause-instead-of/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/pema-ch-dr-n-327_fall_it-s-a-transformative-experience-to-simp_44408.png) > [You're the only one who knows when you're using things to protect yourself and keep your ego together and when you're opening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/you-re-the-only-one-who-knows-when-you-re-using-things-to-protect/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/pema-ch-dr-n-327_awakening_you-re-the-only-one-who-knows-when-you-r_591480.png) > [We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/we-think-that-the-point-is-to-pass-the-test-or-to-overcome-the/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/pema-ch-dr-n-327_fall_we-think-that-the-point-is-to-pass-the-t_1341212.jpg) > [“Nonaggression and the Four Maras All the maras point the way to being completely awake and alive by letting go, by letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/nonaggression-and-the-four-maras-all-the-maras-point-the-way-to-being/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/pema-ch-dr-n-327_avoiding-pain_nonaggression-and-the-four-maras-all-the_2362945.png) > [The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-trick-is-to-keep-exploring-and-not-bail-out-even-when-we-find-out-2/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/pema-ch-dr-n-327_again-and-again_the-trick-is-to-keep-exploring-and-not-b_2705402.jpg) > [“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testing-and-also-a-kind-of-healing-2/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/pema-ch-dr-n-327_buddhism_things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testin_1575340.jpg) > [“We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/we-think-that-the-point-is-to-pass-the-test-or-overcome-the-problem/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/pema-ch-dr-n-327_fall_we-think-that-the-point-is-to-pass-the-t_300731.png) > [“When things fall apart and we can’t get the pieces back together, when we lose something dear to us, when they whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/when-things-fall-apart-and-we-can-t-get-the-pieces-back-together-when/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/pema-ch-dr-n-327_fall-apart_when-things-fall-apart-and-we-can-t-get_1756823.jpg) > [When Things Fall Apart” and I quote “Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/when-things-fall-apart-and-i-quote-life-is-a-good-teacher-and-a-good/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/884/pema-ch-dr-n-327_affair_when-things-fall-apart-and-i-quote-life_1288009.jpg) > [“Laziness is not particularly terrible or wonderful. Rather it has a basic living quality that deserves to be experienced just as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/laziness-is-not-particularly-terrible-or-wonderful-rather-it-has-a/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/pema-ch-dr-n-327_compassion_laziness-is-not-particularly-terrible-or_1412301.png) ## Other authors on Fall apart ## More by Pema Chödrön > [“LIFE’S work is to wake up, to let the things that enter into your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/life-s-work-is-to-wake-up-to-let-the-things-that-enter-into-your-life/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/since-death-is-certain-and-the-time-of-death-is-uncertain-what-is-the/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/buddhist-words-such-as-compassion-and-emptiness-don-t-mean-much-until/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-essence-of-generosity-is-letting-go-pain-is-always-a-sign-that-we/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [“If the object of meditation were something concrete, something solid and graspable - an image or a statue or a dot on the floor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/if-the-object-of-meditation-were-something-concrete-something-solid/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/it-s-a-transformative-experience-to-simply-pause-instead-of/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [“The essence of life is that it’s challenging. Sometimes it is sweet, and sometimes it is bitter. Sometimes your body tenses, and sometimes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-essence-of-life-is-that-it-s-challenging-sometimes-it-is-sweet/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/if-we-run-a-hundred-miles-an-hour-to-the-other-end-of-the-continent/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [“But in this meditation technique, we are with the out-breath; there's no particular instruction about what to do until the next out-breath.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/but-in-this-meditation-technique-we-are-with-the-out-breath-there-s/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/nothing-ever-goes-away-until-it-has-taught-us-what-we-need-to-know/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/so-even-if-the-hot-loneliness-is-there-and-for-1-6-seconds-we-sit/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [If you have rage and righteously act it out and blame it all on others, it's really you who suffers. The other people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/if-you-have-rage-and-righteously-act-it-out-and-blame-it-all-on/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [“When we realize that the path is the goal, there’s a sense of workability. Trungpa Rinpoche said, “Whatever occurs in the confused mind is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/when-we-realize-that-the-path-is-the-goal-there-s-a-sense-of/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [Every day is a new opportunity to work with what you have inside toward enlightenment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/every-day-is-a-new-opportunity-to-work-with-what-you-have-inside/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) > [If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/if-someone-comes-along-and-shoots-an-arrow-into-your-heart-it-s/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fall-apart/pema-ch-dr-n/#itemlist", "name": "12 Fall apart Quotes By Pema Chödrön", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. 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