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Time Quotes by Pema Chödrön

63 Time quotes by Pema Chödrön

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Since death is certain but its timing unknown, the quotes stress that each moment is fresh and unique. They encourage staying present with fear, letting go of habits that seek comfort. They also describe the present moment as a perfect teacher that we can welcome and work with.

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The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.

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This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.

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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.

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Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future.

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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?

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Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have.

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The future is the result of what we do right now.

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As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment and the birth of something new. . .

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If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.

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One can appreciate & celebrate each moment — there’s nothing more sacred. There’s nothing more vast or absolute. In fact, there’s nothing…

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A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message…

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Wholeheartedly do what it takes to awaken your clear-seeing intelligence, but one day at a time, one moment at a time. If…

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The most complete and true happiness comes in moments when you feel right there, completely present, with no ideas about good and…

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Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your situation will be some day in the future.…

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“Practicing loving-kindness toward ourselves seems as good a way as any to start illuminating the darkness of difficult times.”

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Inner # peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your # emotions

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Don't worry about achieving. Don't worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can. When you realize you've wandered…

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One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being…

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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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That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. It is the ordinary…

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Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not…

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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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Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work…

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“Every day we could reflect on this and ask ourselves, “Am I going to add to the aggression in the world?” Every…

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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us “the universe,” a part limited in time and space. He…

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Take three conscious breaths. Just pause. Let it be a contrast to being all caught up. Let it be like popping a…

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Over time, as the thinking mind begins to settle [through the practice of meditation], we’ll start to see our patterns and habits…

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Meditation accepts us just as we are-in both our tantrums and our bad habits, in our love and commitments and happiness. It…

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Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical. We don’t need to add more…

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Relaxing with something as familiar as loneliness is good discipline for realizing the profundity of the unresolved moments of our lives. We…

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We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior.…

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“Throughout my life, until this very moment, whatever virtue I have accomplished, including any benefit that may come from this book, I…

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“There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs and the tigers are getting closer and…

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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.

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The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.

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We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

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But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of…

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When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.

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“Making good use of our limited time - the limited time from birth to death, as well as our limited time each…

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If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.

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