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Mind 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…
- Underneath our ordinary lives, underneath all the talking we do, all the moving we do, all the thoughts in our minds, there's a fundamental groundlessness.…
- 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…
- 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…
- We sow the seeds of our future hells or happiness by the way we open or close our minds right now.
- I equate ego with trying to figure everything out instead of going with the flow. That closes your heart and your mind to the person…
- If you’re aggressive in your dealings, that’s how you’ll be regarded in the world. You might smile and give generously, but if you frequently explode…
- 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…
- If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside... that's how your temper will cool down.
- When we sit down to meditate, we connect with something unconditional - a state of mind, a basic environment that does not grasp or reject…
- The wisdom, the strength, the confidence - the awakened heart and mind are always accessible -- here, now, always.
- All the terrible things we do to ourselves and others from alcoholism to character assignation to abuse to murder come from one cause: the inability…
- The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave…
- We can spend our whole lives escaping from the monsters of our minds. (36)
- When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and…
- 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 your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that's endlessly interesting and alive. That quality…
- It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play. That we take ourselves…
- Ego could be defined as whatever covers up basic goodness. From an experiential point of view, what is ego covering up? It's covering up our…
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- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle