All Pema Chodron Quotes
- People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they… All
- Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear? Choose
- To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. Alive
- We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions… Action
- No one ever tells us to stop running away from fear...the advice we usually get is to sweeten it up, smooth it over, take a… Advice
- When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something. We might realize that this is… Down
- We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They… All
- Most of us do not take these situations as teachings. We automatically hate them. We run like crazy. We use all kinds of ways to… Addicted
- We can spend our whole lives escaping from the monsters of our minds. (36) Escaping
- What happens with you when you begin to feel uneasy, unsettled, queasy? Notice the panic, notice when you instantly grab for something. (51) Begin
- 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 one,… Even One
- As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion. Compassion
- …feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it… Anger
- A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it's time… Become Undone
- Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found. Annihilation
- Everything is fresh, the essence of realization. Essence
- When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and… Able
- Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can’t simply relax with ourselves. We hold… Else Knows
- Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it. All
- To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always… Alive
- The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain. Easier
- At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance. All
- Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can… Becomes
- I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of fresh spring water.… All
- The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and… Aggression