By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
PEMA CHODRONOur true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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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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To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world.
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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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I can’t overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
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Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back.
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