« All Persons Quotes · Pema Chodron's Page
Persons Quotes by Pema Chodron
- The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you…
- 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…
- It has a lot to do with developing patience, not with the check-out person so much, but with your own pain that arises, the rawness…
- 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…
- 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,…
- Inner # peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your # emotions
- 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…
- Instead of making others right or wrong, or bottling up right and wrong in ourselves, there's a middle way, a very powerful middle way...... Could…
- For arousing compassion, the nineteenth-century yogi Patrul Rinpoche suggested imagining beings in torment - an animal about to be slaughtered, a person awaiting execution. To…
More Persons Quotes
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? — Richard Bach
- The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
- A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear… — Lance Armstrong
- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash