"Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not…" — Pema Chodron

"Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."

— Pema Chodron

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360 Quotes by Pema Chodron

Pema Chodron has 360 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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

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