"So war and peace start in the human……" — Pema Chodron
"So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications."
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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 Closes Quotes
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one of 236 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
— Dean Acheson
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When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that…
— Alexander Graham Bell
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If a mathematician wishes to disparage the work of one of his colleagues, say, A, the most effective method he…
— Alfred Tarski
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An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own
— Marilyn vos Savant
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Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping-stones to greater experience...When one door closes, another always opens; as a…
— Bryan Adams
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Lots of old slaves closes the door before they tell the truth about their days of slavery.
— Unknown Author
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Bitterness is a result of clinging to negative experiences. It serves you no good, and closes the door to your…
— Leon Brown
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Sorrow is my own yard where the new grass flames as it has flamed often before but not with the…
— William Carlos Williams
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Courtesy wins woman all as well. As valor may, but he that closes both is perfect.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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When one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never…
— Helen Keller
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Once learnt, this business of cooking was to prove an ever growing burden. It scarcely bears thinking about, the time…
— Rose Macaulay
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All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence.…
— Richard G. Scott
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