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Reality Quotes by Pema Chodron
- Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.
- Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality.
- Only in an open, nonjudgmental space can we acknowledge what we are feeling. Only in an open space where we're not all caught up in…
- Hold the sadness and pain of samsara [suffering, confusion] in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern…
- The Process of becoming unstuck requires tremendous bravery, because basically we are completely changing our way of perceiving reality...
- As we practice, we begin to know the difference between our fantasy and reality.
- 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…
- We have two alternatives: either we question our beliefs - or we don't. Either we accept our fixed versions of reality- or we begin to…
- The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a relief. Finally somebody…
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- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
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- We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate… — Paul Auster
- One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships… — J. J. Abrams
- If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life. — Karen Armstrong
- Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain… — Karen Armstrong
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- Geologists have a saying - rocks remember. — Neil Armstrong
- Journalism is literature in a hurry. — Matthew Arnold
- Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. — Arthur Ashe
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov