Pema Chodron Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Pema Chodron quotes, Pema Chodron sayings, and Pema Chodron proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

You are the sky. Everything else - it's just the weather. Pema Chodron
Let your curiosity be greater than your fear. Pema Chodron
Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality. Pema Chodron
It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is part of being alive, something we all share. Pema Chodron
Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know. Pema Chodron
I'm here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away. Pema Chödrön
Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want. Pema Chodron
Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. Pema Chödrön
My moods are continuously shifting like the weather. Pema Chodron
When resistance is gone, the demons are gone. Pema Chodron
Blaming is a way to protect your heart, trying to protect what is soft and open and tender in yourself. Pema Chodron
Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully. Pema Chodron
When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of the heart. Pema Chodron
Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way. Pema Chodron
We don't sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we'll become more awake in our lives. Pema Chodron
A small pepperoni pizza on a tortilla is healthier than salmon teriyaki with rice and carrots. Pema Chodron
Everybody loves something, even if it's only tortillas. Pema Chodron
This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we're arrogant and soften us when we are unkind. Pema Chodron
We can spend our whole lives escaping from the monsters of our minds.  Pema Chödrön
Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully. Pema Chodron
Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time. Pema Chodron
To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. Pema Chodron
Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on. Pema Chodron
The most important aspect of being on a spiritual path may be to just keep moving. Pema Chodron
Hell is just resistance to life. Pema Chodron
Until we stop clinging to the concept of good and evil, the world will continue to manifest as friendly goddesses and harmful demons Pema Chodron
When resistance is gone, the demons are gone. Pema Chodron
One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough. Pema Chodron
A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it's time to stop struggling and look directly at what's threatening us. Pema Chodron
Dharma is the study of what is, and the only way you can find out what is true is through studying yourself. Pema Chodron