A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves.

—Chögyam Trungpa in Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

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Chögyam Trungpa (Wylie: Chos rgyam Drung pa; March 5, 1939 – April 4, 1987) was formally named the 11th Zurmang Trungpa, Chokyi Gyatso. A Tibetan Buddhist master and holder of both Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, he was recognized by both Tibetan Buddhists and other spiritual practitioners and...

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That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible conclusions.

—Chögyam Trungpa in Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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Monetary donations to a spiritual cause, contributions of physical labor, involvement with a particular guru, none of these necessarily mean that we have actually committed ourselves to openness. More likely these kinds of commitments are simply ways of proving that we have joined the side of "right.

—Chögyam Trungpa

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Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious and direct. If we can open, then we suddenly begin to see that our expectations are irrelevant compared with the reality of the situations we are facing.

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Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people, because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

—Chögyam Trungpa in Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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Awareness is not something that needs to be manufactured: when there is a gap, awareness enters into us. So awareness does not require a certain particular effort. Such an effort is unnecessary. Awareness is like a wind. If you open your doors and windows, it is bound to come in.

—Chögyam Trungpa in The Path is the Goal: A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation

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Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape on the man who chose to be faithful to his wife, on the lawyer who didn't take the drug money, on the daughter who held her tongue again and again. All this anonymous heroism.

—Peggy Noonan

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Live your life as if each moment is your last. This isn't about going crazy. It's about appreciation.

—Rachel Van Dyken in Pull

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I've always held the song in high regard because songs have got me through so many sinks of dishes and so many humiliating courting events.

—Leonard Cohen

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Bosses: You make your living going to meetings. Hence any meeting that does not bubble and incite enthusiasm is a forever-lost opportunity.

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Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.

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