All Pema Chodron Quotes
- There's a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness. Basic
- Our patterns are well established, seductive, and comforting. Just wanting for them to be ventilated isn't enough. Those of us who struggle with this know. Comforting
- Ordinarily we are swept away by habitual momentum and don't interrupt our patterns slightly. When we feel betrayed or disappointed, does it occur to us… Betrayed
- Only in an open, nonjudgmental space can we acknowledge what we are feeling. Only in an open space where we're not all caught up in… Acknowledge
- Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. Becomes
- Meditation isn't really about getting rid of thoughts, it's about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our… Changing
- Next, feel your heart, literally placing your hand on your chest if you find that helpful. This is a way of accepting yourself just as… Accepting
- It has a lot to do with developing patience, not with the check-out person so much, but with your own pain that arises, the rawness… Arise
- We can stop struggling with what occurs and see its true face without calling it the enemy. It helps to remember that our spiritual practice… Accomplishing
- Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have… Brilliant
- When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal. Addiction
- A thoroughly good relationship with ourselves results in being still, which doesn't mean we don't run and jump and dance about. It means there's no… Begin
- The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full of unlimited friendliness for all the junk at the bottom… All
- In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they… Ability
- What you do for yourself, you're doing for others, and what you do for others, you're doing for yourself. Funny
- It isn't the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it's what we say to ourselves about the things that are… Anything New
- By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength. Access
- Everything in our lives has the potential to wake us up or put us to sleep. Allowing it to awaken us is up to us. Allowing
- Not causing harm requires staying awake. Part of being awake is slowing down enough to notice what we say and do. The more we witness… Awake
- The next step is to learn to communicate with the people that you feel are causing your pain and misery- not to learn how to… Causing
- Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us. Allowing
- Never underestimate the desire to bolt. Bolt
- We're not trying to be something we aren't; rather, we're reconnecting with who we are. Inspirational
- One way to practice staying present is to simply sit still for a while and listen. For one minute, listen to the sounds close to… Attentively
- Patience has nothing to do with suppression. In fact, it has everything to do with a gentle, honest relationship with yourself. Fact