Quotes by Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

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I used to have a sign pinned up on my wall that read: Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annih — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha. — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
We are like children building a sand castle. We embellish it with beautiful shells, bits of driftwood, and pieces of col — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't kn — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with w — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a reli — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
The very first noble truth of the Buddha points out that suffering is inevitable for human beings as long as we believe — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we no — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Two kinds of selfish people: the unwise and the wise. Unwise selfish people think only of themselves, and the result is — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
We think that if we just meditated enough or jogged enough or ate perfect food, everything would be perfect. But from th — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times