--- title: "14 Want Quotes By Tenzin Palmo" description: "14 Want quotes by Tenzin Palmo. Plus more from Tenzin Palmo and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/tenzin-palmo-1431_hard_because-we-re-trying-because-we-want-it_1766885.png" --- > [Because we're trying, because we want, it's very hard to get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/because-we-re-trying-because-we-want-it-s-very-hard-to-get/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/tenzin-palmo-1431_hard_because-we-re-trying-because-we-want-it_1766885.png) > [To want not to want, you'll tie yourself in knots. So this is why the Tibetans always say, just relax the mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/to-want-not-to-want-you-ll-tie-yourself-in-knots-so-this-is-why-the/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/tenzin-palmo-1431_knots_to-want-not-to-want-you-ll-tie-yourself_2259065.png) > [In India many people come to discuss things with me. I sometimes say that half of them come saying, "I have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/in-india-many-people-come-to-discuss-things-with-me-i-sometimes-say/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cb/tenzin-palmo-1431_education_in-india-many-people-come-to-discuss-thi_1968387.jpg) > [If we want to be musicians, dancers or sportspeople, we can download a certain amount and watch DVDs and read books, but…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/tenzin-palmo-1431_amount_if-we-want-to-be-musicians-dancers-or-sp_93042.png) > [In a monastic setting, if someone doesn't want to obey the rules and just wants to live the way they've always lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/in-a-monastic-setting-if-someone-doesn-t-want-to-obey-the-rules-and/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/tenzin-palmo-1431_gains_in-a-monastic-setting-if-someone-doesn-t_579161.jpg) > [I'd say look at the teacher's students. Do you want to be like them? If you see a good and harmonious sangha,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-d-say-look-at-the-teacher-s-students-do-you-want-to-be-like-them-if/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/tenzin-palmo-1431_causes_i-d-say-look-at-the-teacher-s-students-d_734317.jpg) > [We don't want to go to heaven. We want to be reborn so that we can keep going and realize the dharma…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-don-t-want-to-go-to-heaven-we-want-to-be-reborn-so-that-we-can/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/tenzin-palmo-1431_benefits_we-don-t-want-to-go-to-heaven-we-want-to_2901238.png) > [Why do some people, when they want to practice, keep coming against problems and difficulties, and obstacles - inner obstacles and outer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/why-do-some-people-when-they-want-to-practice-keep-coming-against/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/tenzin-palmo-1431_adversity_why-do-some-people-when-they-want-to-pra_1722989.png) > [If you want to be a doctor, you may say, There are all these beings, they're sick, they're dying, I've got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-want-to-be-a-doctor-you-may-say-there-are-all-these-beings/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/tenzin-palmo-1431_bags_if-you-want-to-be-a-doctor-you-may-say-t_1733830.jpg) > [There is an enormous joy and satisfaction in doing what you really want to do and are best fitted to do. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/there-is-an-enormous-joy-and-satisfaction-in-doing-what-you-really/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/tenzin-palmo-1431_enormous_there-is-an-enormous-joy-and-satisfactio_2971417.png) > [I think it's crucial to recognize that we are so fortunate to have this human birth where we can practice what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-think-it-s-crucial-to-recognize-that-we-are-so-fortunate-to-have/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/tenzin-palmo-1431_birth_i-think-it-s-crucial-to-recognize-that-w_2799394.png) > [Basically, I want to spend my time in retreat, but to my own amazement, I agreed to help with a project to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/basically-i-want-to-spend-my-time-in-retreat-but-to-my-own-amazement/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/tenzin-palmo-1431_amazement_basically-i-want-to-spend-my-time-in-ret_240397.jpg) > [The dharma is the most precious thing in the world and we should put it at the center of our hearts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/the-dharma-is-the-most-precious-thing-in-the-world-and-we-should-put/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/tenzin-palmo-1431_benefits_the-dharma-is-the-most-precious-thing-in_1174136.png) > [We have compassion because of the incredible pain and suffering which we as unenlightened beings cause to ourselves and all others through…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/tenzin-palmo-1431_bodhisattva_we-have-compassion-because-of-the-incred_133456.png) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/tenzin-palmo/#itemlist", "name": "14 Want Quotes By Tenzin Palmo", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because we're trying, because we want, it's very hard to get.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tenzin Palmo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/because-we-re-trying-because-we-want-it-s-very-hard-to-get/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/tenzin-palmo-1431_hard_because-we-re-trying-because-we-want-it_1766885.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/tenzin-palmo-1431_hard_because-we-re-trying-because-we-want-it_1766885.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/tenzin-palmo-1431_hard_because-we-re-trying-because-we-want-it_1766885.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Because we're trying, because we want, it's very hard to get.” — Tenzin Palmo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To want not to want, you'll tie yourself in knots. 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