--- title: "9 Groundlessness Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 9 Groundlessness quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Groundlessness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/lev-shestov-12374_adventure_whilst-stay-at-home-persons-are-searchin_1531046.jpg" --- > [“Whilst stay-at-home persons are searching for truth, the apple will stay on the tree.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/whilst-stay-at-home-persons-are-searching-for-truth-the-apple-will/) [Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/lev-shestov-12374_adventure_whilst-stay-at-home-persons-are-searchin_1531046.jpg) > [“After a tragedy, a farce. Philosophy enters into her power, and the earth returns under one's feet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/after-a-tragedy-a-farce-philosophy-enters-into-her-power-and-the/) [Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/365/lev-shestov-12374_comedy_after-a-tragedy-a-farce-philosophy-enter_33482.jpg) > [“If you turn to the right, you will marry, if to the left, you will be killed." A true philosopher never chooses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/if-you-turn-to-the-right-you-will-marry-if-to-the-left-you-will-be/) [Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/lev-shestov-12374_adventure_if-you-turn-to-the-right-you-will-marry_2561425.jpg) > [“As we practice moving into the present moment this way, we become more familiar with groundlessness, a fresh state of being that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/as-we-practice-moving-into-the-present-moment-this-way-we-become-more/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/pema-ch-dr-n-327_cybersecurity_as-we-practice-moving-into-the-present-m_1403612.png) > [Anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present without reference point, experiences groundlessness. That's when our understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/anyone-who-stands-on-the-edge-of-the-unknown-fully-in-the-present/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/pema-ch-dr-n-327_deeper_anyone-who-stands-on-the-edge-of-the-unk_2485971.png) > [“But we don’t have to close down when we feel groundlessness in any form. Instead, we can turn toward it and say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/but-we-don-t-have-to-close-down-when-we-feel-groundlessness-in-any/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f7/pema-ch-dr-n-327_buddhism_but-we-don-t-have-to-close-down-when-we_2288293.jpg) > [Underneath our ordinary lives, underneath all the talking we do, all the moving we do, all the thoughts in our minds, there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/underneath-our-ordinary-lives-underneath-all-the-talking-we-do-all/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/pema-ch-dr-n-327_aggression_underneath-our-ordinary-lives-underneath_643531.png) > [Life now insists that we encounter groundlessness. Systems and ideas that seemed reliable and solid dissolve at an increasing rate. People who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-j-wheatley/life-now-insists-that-we-encounter-groundlessness-systems-and-ideas/) [Margaret J. Wheatley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-j-wheatley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/margaret-j-wheatley-4368_abandon_life-now-insists-that-we-encounter-groun_1711863.png) > [“The very first noble truth of the Buddha points out that suffering is inevitable for human beings as long as we believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-very-first-noble-truth-of-the-buddha-points-out-that-suffering-is/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/pema-ch-dr-n-327_cybersecurity_the-very-first-noble-truth-of-the-buddha_934091.jpg) ## Top authors on Groundlessness - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pema-chodron-74476.jpg) Pema Chodron 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/groundlessness/pema-ch-dr-n/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/groundlessness/#itemlist", "name": "Groundlessness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Whilst stay-at-home persons are searching for truth, the apple will stay on the tree.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lev Shestov" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/whilst-stay-at-home-persons-are-searching-for-truth-the-apple-will/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/lev-shestov-12374_adventure_whilst-stay-at-home-persons-are-searchin_1531046.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/lev-shestov-12374_adventure_whilst-stay-at-home-persons-are-searchin_1531046.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/lev-shestov-12374_adventure_whilst-stay-at-home-persons-are-searchin_1531046.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whilst stay-at-home persons are searching for truth, the apple will stay on the tree.” — Lev Shestov", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“After a tragedy, a farce. 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This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted, and shaky—that’s called liberation.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pema Chödrön" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/as-we-practice-moving-into-the-present-moment-this-way-we-become-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/pema-ch-dr-n-327_cybersecurity_as-we-practice-moving-into-the-present-m_1403612.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/pema-ch-dr-n-327_cybersecurity_as-we-practice-moving-into-the-present-m_1403612.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/pema-ch-dr-n-327_cybersecurity_as-we-practice-moving-into-the-present-m_1403612.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As we practice moving into the present moment this way, we become more familiar with groundlessness, a fresh…” — Pema Chödrön", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present without reference point, experiences groundlessness. That's when our understanding goes deeper, when we find that the present moment is a pretty vulnerable place and that this can be completely unnerving and completely tender at the same time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pema Chodron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/anyone-who-stands-on-the-edge-of-the-unknown-fully-in-the-present/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/pema-ch-dr-n-327_deeper_anyone-who-stands-on-the-edge-of-the-unk_2485971.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/pema-ch-dr-n-327_deeper_anyone-who-stands-on-the-edge-of-the-unk_2485971.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/pema-ch-dr-n-327_deeper_anyone-who-stands-on-the-edge-of-the-unk_2485971.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present without reference point, experiences…” — Pema Chodron", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But we don’t have to close down when we feel groundlessness in any form. Instead, we can turn toward it and say, “This is what freedom from fixed mind feels like. This is what freedom from closed-heartedness feels like. This is what unbiased, unfettered goodness feels like. Maybe I’ll get curious and see if I can go beyond my resistance and experience the goodness.” Buddhism holds”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pema Chödrön" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/but-we-don-t-have-to-close-down-when-we-feel-groundlessness-in-any/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f7/pema-ch-dr-n-327_buddhism_but-we-don-t-have-to-close-down-when-we_2288293.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f7/pema-ch-dr-n-327_buddhism_but-we-don-t-have-to-close-down-when-we_2288293.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f7/pema-ch-dr-n-327_buddhism_but-we-don-t-have-to-close-down-when-we_2288293.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But we don’t have to close down when we feel groundlessness in any form. 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Systems and ideas that seemed reliable and solid dissolve at an increasing rate. People who asked for our trust betray or abandon us. Strategies that worked suddenly don't. Groundlessness is a frightening place, at least at first, but as the old culture turns to mush, we would feel stronger if we stopped searching for ground, if we sought only to locate ourselves in the present and do our work from here.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Margaret J. 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