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

“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.”

“When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.”

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

“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”

“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”

“My experience with forgiveness is that it sort of comes spontaneously at a certain point and to try to force it it's not really forgiveness. It's Buddhist philosophy or something spiritual jargon that you're trying to live up to but you're just using it against yourself as a reason why you're not okay.”

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

“Be gentle first with yourself if you wish to be gentle with others.”

“Just as a flower, which seems beautiful has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of a man who speaks them but does them not.”

“Well done is better than well said.”