True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings. —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Tags: kinship compassion help Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Pema Chödrön If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Tags: others learning heart openness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive. —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Tags: body Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email How did I get so lucky to have my heart awakened to others and their suffering? —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Tags: humanity presence relationship compassion equality darkness healer wounded similarity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The only reason that we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes. —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Tags: others clear-seeing perspective hearts compassion eyes confidence fearlessness sanity confusion minds Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Tags: others learning heart openness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive. —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Tags: body Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
How did I get so lucky to have my heart awakened to others and their suffering? —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Tags: humanity presence relationship compassion equality darkness healer wounded similarity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The only reason that we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes. —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Tags: others clear-seeing perspective hearts compassion eyes confidence fearlessness sanity confusion minds Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “help” The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help. —Ronald Reagan More about this quote Tags: politics help government USA Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email We were drifting apart. I felt helpless to stop the pattern, but still, I held onto him for dear life. —R.K. Lilley in Rock Bottom More about this quote Tags: life help Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. —Lewis Mumford More about this quote Tags: opposition help Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's. —Lyndon B. Johnson More about this quote Tags: God help trying Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Nothing anybody tells you about marriage helps. —Max Siegel More about this quote Tags: advice help marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help. —Ronald Reagan More about this quote Tags: politics help government USA Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We were drifting apart. I felt helpless to stop the pattern, but still, I held onto him for dear life. —R.K. Lilley in Rock Bottom More about this quote Tags: life help Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. —Lewis Mumford More about this quote Tags: opposition help Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's. —Lyndon B. Johnson More about this quote Tags: God help trying Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nothing anybody tells you about marriage helps. —Max Siegel More about this quote Tags: advice help marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email