Wisdom Quotes by Pema Chödrön

Holding on to anything blocks wisdom.

— Pema Chodron

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth

— Pema Chodron

Fear itself is the vanguard of wisdom

— Pema Chodron

The more neurosis the more wisdom.

— Pema Chodron

Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.

— Pema Chodron

There's a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness.

— Pema Chodron

It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is part of being alive, something we…

— Pema Chodron

It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing.

— Pema Chodron

Tonglen dissolves your solid sense of "I'm the wise person, I'm going to help this poor, unfortunate loser."

— Pema Chodron

The wisdom, the strength, the confidence - the awakened heart and mind are always accessible -- here, now, always.

— Pema Chodron

Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights.

— Pema Chodron

Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out…

— Pema Chodron

In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom…

— Pema Chodron

Trying to change ourselves doesn't work in the long run because we're resisting our own energy. Self-improvemen t can have temporary results,…

— Pema Chodron

When we struggle agains our energy we reject the source of wisdom. Anger without the fixation is none other than clear-seeing wisdom.…

— Pema Chodron

If we Pause and breathe in and out, then we can have the experience of timeless presence, of the inexpressible wisdom and…

— Pema Chodron

“We start by working with the monsters in our mind. Then we develop the wisdom and compassion to communicate sanely with the…

— Pema Chödrön

As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others - what and whom we can work with,…

— Pema Chodron

“Awakeness is found in our pleasure and our pain, our confusion and our wisdom, available in each moment of our weird, unfathomable,…

— Pema Chödrön

Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding)…

— Pema Chodron

“Meditation is a process of lightening up, of trusting the basic goodness of what we have and who we are, and of…

— Pema Chödrön

The Buddha’s principal message that day was that holding on to anything blocks wisdom. Any conclusion that we draw must be let…

— Pema Chodron

“Wisdom is a fluid process, not something concrete that can be added up or measured. The warrior-bodhisattva trains with the attitude that…

— Pema Chödrön

You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life…

— Pema Chodron

In the most ordinary terms, egolessness is a flexible identity. It manifests as inquisitiveness , as adaptability, as humor, as playfulness. It…

— Pema Chodron

Anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness mark the in-between state. It's the kind of place we usually want to avoid. The challenge is to…

— Pema Chodron

At least once a year, I imagine that I am about to die. Looking back as truthfully as I can at my…

— Pema Chodron

“The problem is that the desire to change is fundamentally a form of aggression toward yourself. The other problem is that our…

— Pema Chodron

As long as we're caught up in always looking for certainty and happiness, rather than honoring the taste and smell and quality…

— Pema Chodron

Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis. Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up…

— Pema Chodron

“Rather than going after these walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty, we move…

— Pema Chödrön

“In meditation we discover our inherent restlessness. Sometimes we get up and leave. Sometimes we sit there but our bodies wiggle and…

— Pema Chödrön

“we have the incredible fortune of living alongside wise men and women from many traditions who give us these kinds of messages…

— Pema Chödrön

When we cling to thoughts and memories, we are clinging to what cannot be grasped. When we touch these phantoms and let…

— Pema Chodron

When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years,…

— Pema Chodron