"Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not…" — Pema Chodron
"Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."
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360 Quotes by Pema Chodron
Pema Chodron has 360 quotes on this site.
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The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things…
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We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience and Infinite love…
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Even if you don't feel appreciation, just look. Feel what you feel; take an interest and be curious.
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The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures.…
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When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to.…
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.
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As long as we're caught up in always looking for certainty and happiness, rather than honoring the taste and smell…
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When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning…
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with…
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Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.
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Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness…
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More Pain Quotes
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one of 10,612 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
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Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
— Aristotle
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Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and…
— Karen Armstrong
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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it…
— Lance Armstrong
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Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
— Lance Armstrong
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Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.
— Lance Armstrong
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Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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The greatest evil is physical pain.
— Saint Augustine
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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily…
— Saint Augustine
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
— Marcus Aurelius
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What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to…
— Paul Auster
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Pain is never permanent.
— Teresa of Avila
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