Action Quote by Pema Chodron Download Open image “Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.” — Pema Chodron ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Action Compassion Compassionate Working with others
When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do. — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created. — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
Compassionate action starts with seeing yourself when you start to make yourself right and when you start to make yourself wrong. At that point… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Being compassionate can be an exciting exercise of embracing life if you let it be.” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“The ability to be self-compassionate is closely linked to the ability to be compassionate toward others.” — Carmel Sheridan Copy Share Image
It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To be compassionate is not a joke. It's not that simple. One has to discover a certain bigness in oneself. That bigness should be… — Dayananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
To be compassionate is to experience divinity in our everyday life — Dada JP Vaswani Copy Share Image
“As we develop our compassionate mind, we should feel an increasing sense of responsibility for the suffering of others and form a resolve to… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“LIFE’S work is to wake up, to let the things that enter into your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep.… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing? — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“If the object of meditation were something concrete, something solid and graspable - an image or a statue or a dot on the floor… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“The essence of life is that it’s challenging. Sometimes it is sweet, and sometimes it is bitter. Sometimes your body tenses, and sometimes it… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“But in this meditation technique, we are with the out-breath; there's no particular instruction about what to do until the next out-breath.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If you have rage and righteously act it out and blame it all on others, it's really you who suffers. The other people and… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Every thought I have imprisioned in expression I must free by my deeds — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Action is a powerful thing. When you smile through your sadness, it can completely change your outlook. Try it! Smile :) Now hold onto… — Leticia Rae Copy Share Image