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Better Quotes by Pema Chodron
- When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to. We feel we're supposed to…
- Better to join in with humanity than to set ourselves apart.
- Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is…
- Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already. The ground of practice is…
- Loving kindness towards ourselves doesn't mean getting rid of anything. It means we can still be crazy after all these years. We can still be…
- Meditation is not about getting out of ourselves or achieving something better. It is about getting in touch with what you already are.
- Just pausing for two to three breaths is a perfect way to stay present. This is a good use of our life. Indeed, it is…
- We can drop the fundamental hope that there is a better "me" who one day will emerge. We can't just jump over ourselves as if…
- As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution,…
- If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much…
- Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we…
- Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.
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- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
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- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
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