Wisdom Quote by Pema Chödrön — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“To what do we really commit ourselves? Is it to palying it safe and to manipulating our life and our whole world, so that it will give us security and confirmation?...Do we refuge in small satisfied actions, of both speech and mind? Or do we take refuge in warriorship, in taking a leap, in going beyond our usual safety zones?”

“It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.”

“The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.”

“The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.”

“The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.”

“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.”

“When something seems wrong in your life, the only way to have resolution with it is to let it go. Trying to make it right keeps it wrong.”

“I decided I"m going to live-or at least try to live- the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.”

“Television is for appearing on - not for looking at.”

“Reason can justify the most evil act as it condemns the most noble one.”

“Sometimes I think you're a very old and wise person disguised as you, I said.”

“Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that existence is only an ordeal, a test we have to pass, then you’re equipped to deal with its sorrows and its surprises. If you persist in expecting it to give you something it can’t give, that just proves that you haven’t understood anything. Take things as they come; don’t turn them into a drama. You’re not piloting the ship, you’re following the course of your destiny.”