All Pema Chodron Quotes
- We don't experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away. Everything Away
- This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go. Go
- Rejoicing in the good fortune of others is a practice that can help us when we feel emotionally shut down and unable to connect with… Connect
- Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future. Creates
- Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can. Achieve
- Wholeheartedly do what it takes to awaken your clear-seeing intelligence, but one day at a time, one moment at a time. If we live that… Awaken
- In practicing meditation, we're not trying to live up to some kind of ideal -- quite the opposite. We're just being with our experience, whatever… Experience
- Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path. Chaos
- Whole-heartedn ess is a precious gift, but no one can actually give it to you. You have to find the path that has heart and… Actually Give
- Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out your wisdom. Inspirational
- It is a commitment to respect whatever life brings that we develop wholehearted determination to use discomfort as an opportunity for awakening, rather than trying… Awakening
- It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space. Experience
- Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your situation will be some day in the future. What you do… Achieve
- Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck. Friends
- Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights. Delight
- The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, 'I wonder what's going to happen today.' And then carry that… Best
- We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things. Forget
- If we Pause and breathe in and out, then we can have the experience of timeless presence, of the inexpressible wisdom and goodness of our… Breathe
- The future is the result of what we do right now. Funny
- Clarity and decisiveness come from the willingness to slow down, to listen to and look at what’s happening. Clarity
- If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside... that's how your temper will cool down. Change
- The Process of becoming unstuck requires tremendous bravery, because basically we are completely changing our way of perceiving reality... Becoming
- Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose your sense of… Happens
- Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves. Compassion
- Everything that human beings feel, we feel. We can become extremely wise and sensitive to all of humanity and the whole universe simply by knowing… All