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Discomfort Quotes by 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 of exactly what…
- Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.
- When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years, I’ve come to…
- 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…
- The essence of our whole path is in that place of discomfort, and what do we do with it?
- When we touch the center of sorrow, when we sit with discomfort without trying to fix it, when we stay present to the pain of…
- The next time you lose heart and you can’t bear to experience what you’re feeling, you might recall this instruction: change the way you see…
More Discomfort Quotes
- Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. — Arnold Bennett
- I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through… — Lisa Bonet
- If you grow a garden you are going to shed some sweat, and you are going to spend some time bent over;… — Wendell Berry
- It was so fascinating to be a part of this, because as the women took on these central roles that had all… — Olivia Wilde
- Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element… — Dalai Lama
- When you realize that suffering and discomfort are the call to inquiry, you may actually begin to look forward to uncomfortable feelings.… — Byron Katie
- 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
- Just as light brightens darkness, discovering inner fulfillment can eliminate any disorder or discomfort. This is truly the key to creating balance… — Deepak Chopra
- Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy… — Jack Kornfield
- Acceptance doesn't mean that you've resigned yourself to live the rest of your life with a particular person, or in a particular… — Ken Keyes Jr.
- Life is possible only through challenges. Life is possible only when you have both good weather and bad weather, when you have… — Rajneesh
- There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross