"Somehow, in the process of trying to deny……" — Pema Chodron
"Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness of life. We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things."
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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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Underneath our ordinary lives, underneath all the talking we do, all the moving we do, all the thoughts in our…
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More Always Changing Quotes
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The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all…
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For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help…
— Alan Valentine
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In the fall, you don't grieve because the leaves are falling and dying. You say, "Isn't it beautiful!" Well, we're…
— Byron Katie
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The aspect of American society is animated, because men and things are always changing; but it is monotonous, because all…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.
— Ikue Mori
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We do literature a real disservice if we reduce it to knowledge or to use, to a problem to be…
— Marjorie Garber
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I love fashion because it's plugged into the zeitgeist, so it's always changing. Thirty years ago, I could never have…
— Michael Kors
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A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you…
— Miles Davis
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The map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an…
— Anderson Cooper
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Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever…
— Frank Stella
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Reality is cruel. All of the naivete is going to be removed. Reality is always changing, and it is always…
— Hideki Yukawa
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"What do I want?" is your question. And what you want is always changing with the flow. So go with…
— Leonard Jacobson
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