Pema Chödrön

The essence of bravery is being afraid and doing it anyway.

From When Things Fall Apart

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

From When Things Fall Apart

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

From When Things Fall Apart

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can cause ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the humility to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

From When Things Fall Apart

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

From When Things Fall Apart

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals.

From When Things Fall Apart

We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved.

From When Things Fall Apart

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the humility to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

From When Things Fall Apart

The only way to deal with the chaos is to embrace it.

From When Things Fall Apart

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

From When Things Fall Apart