"We are one blink of an eye away…" — Pema Chodron

"We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake"

— 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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It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true. — Roger Babson
It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. — Abu Bakr
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the… — Honore de Balzac
I'm less desperate now to express what's inside me, that's true - I act these days because it keeps me… — Emmanuelle Beart
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. — Josh Billings
I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake. — Lewis Black
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. — Erma Bombeck
Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself… — Dale Carnegie
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In… — Marc Chagall
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's… — Harlan Coben
Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Appreciation of life itself, becoming suddenly aware of the miracle of being alive, on this planet, can turn what we… — Dan Wakefield

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