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Life Quotes by Pema Chodron
- The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures. We can't escape any of…
- Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness of life. We tend to…
- There isn't anything except your own life that can be used as ground for your spiritual practice. Spiritual practice is your life, twenty-four hours a…
- At least once a year, I imagine that I am about to die. Looking back as truthfully as I can at my entire life, I…
- The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought. That's what we're…
- When Things Fall Apart” and I quote “Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if we could only realize…
- It's said that when we die, the four elements - earth, air, fire and water - dissolve one by one, each into the other, and…
- 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…
- Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds.
- The biggest obstacle to taking a bigger perspective on life is that our emotions capture and blind us.
- Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis. Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up with our craziness…
- The only way to ease our pain is to experience it fully. Learn to stay with uneasiness, learn to stay with the tightening, so that…
- Meditation accepts us just as we are-in both our tantrums and our bad habits, in our love and commitments and happiness. It allows us to…
- You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life just noticing that…
- Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up, and you realize…
- Each person's life is like a mandala - a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see,…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both...Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both.
- When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity that’s crumbling. And…
- 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…
- Life's work is to wake up, to let the things that enter your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep.
- I have all the support I need to simply relax and be with the transitional, in-process quality of my life. I have all I need…
- Every moment is incredibly unique and fresh, and when we drop into the moment, as meditation allows us to do, we learn how to truly…
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle