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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

Pema Chodron
Happiness, Spiritual, Peace
Pema Chodron (2001). “The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness”, p.43, Shambhala Publications

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

Pema Chodron
Peace, Buddhist, War
Pema Chodron (2006). “Practicing Peace in Times of War”, p.26, Shambhala Publications

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

Pema Chodron
Teacher, Inspirational Love, Peace

We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.

Pema Chodron
Inspirational, Spiritual, Peace
Pema Chodron (2008). “The Pocket Pema Chodron”, p.78, Shambhala Publications

Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened.

Pema Chodron
Peace, Challenges, Feelings
Pema Chodron (2009). “Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears”, p.87, Shambhala Publications

The only reason 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 Chodron
Peace, Buddhist, Heart
Pema Chodron (2008). “The Pocket Pema Chodron”, p.118, Shambhala Publications

Rather than becoming more relaxed, you start pulling down the shades and locking the door. When you do go out, you find the experience more and more unsettling and disagreeable. You become touchier, more fearful, more irritable than ever. The more you try to get it your way, the less you feel at home.

Pema Chodron
Peace, Home, Doors
Pema Chodron (2001). “Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living”, p.65, Shambhala Publications

If you look back at history or you look at any place in the world where religious groups or ethnic groups or racial groups or political groups are killing each other, or families have been feuding for years and years, you can see - because you're not particularly invested in that particular argument - that there will never be peace until somebody softens what is rigid in their heart.

Pema Chodron
Religious, Peace, Heart

Ego is like a room of your own, a room with a view with the temperature and the smells and the music that you like. You want it your own way. You'd just like to have a little peace, you'd like to have a little happiness, you know, just gimme a break.

Pema Chodron
Peace, Views, Smell
Pema Chodron (2001). “Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living”, p.65, Shambhala Publications

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