Developing Quote by Pema Chodron Download Open image “There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.” — Pema Chodron ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Developing Gentleness Important Oneself Path Religion Spiritual Spiritual path
“Gentleness can be developed with simple thoughts. First, appreciate who you are and make friends with yourself. Look at what you can do, and… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such enviable qualities… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength. — Ralph Washington Sockman Copy Share Image
Gentleness is given to those who have learned that God will not have his kingdom triumph through the violence of the world, for such… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Again and again we need to appreciate the subtle workings of the teachings and the practice, and even when there is no extraordinary, dramatic… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all… — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
Don't judge the gentle; their gentleness is stronger than your fears and angers. Don't judge those who have lost their gentleness; you haven't lived… — C. JoyBell C 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
Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers is taken as unity… — Richard Doll Copy Share Image
Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I am sympathetic to developing countries’ concerns: because of our emissions it’s their crops that will disappear; because of our inaction, it’s their fields… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is with you… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
Love is the supreme form of communication. In the hierarchy of needs, love stands as the supreme developing agent of the humanity of the… — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
She spent hours drawing on her own, trying to perfect her craft. And when she got into music, she had that same diligence in… — Laura Joplin Copy Share Image
I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
Business is always a struggle. There are always obstacles and competitors. There is never an open road, except the wide road that leads to… — Chris Kirubi Copy Share Image
But tending machinery was one thing; defining what we were trying to do and why we were doing it, and developing ways to measure… — Elliot Richardson Copy Share Image
When you ask for patience, what you get is a line at the bank. In other words, life gives you the people, places, and… — Tracy McMillan Copy Share Image