Pema Chodron Quotes

Kindness to self will put you in the perfect attitude and position to be kind to others.

Be kind to yourself so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.

I give myself the kindness and forgiveness I would show others.

Only if you're kind to yourself, can you be kind to others.

Compassion for myself is the most powerful healer of them all.

At the end of the day, the only thing I ever wanted to feel was loved. So I think if I could give someone a piece of advice, it's really learn how to be kind to yourself. In all of our ugliness and all of our brokenness and our bad choices, to really learn to nurture that part of yourself that can be your own big sister in a way.

No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.

You have to be kinder to yourself, because it's a part of being good.

Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.

If we could learn even a little to like ourselves, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.

Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

Look upon yourself only with compassion.

Here is my wish for you and every other child, woman, and man on the face of the earth: Spend one week saying only kind, caring things to yourself. Say thank you at least ten times an hour, direct five toward yourself and five to the world at large. Compliment yourself (and others) each time an effort is made. Notice all the wonderful qualities and characteristics about yourself and those around you. One week. You will never go back. And your whole life will be a glorious meditation.

Let me extend that generosity to myself.

There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.

Treat yourself at least as well as you treat other people.

Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.

Be as good to yourself as you are to those you love.

The more you extend kindness to yourself, the more it will become your automatic response to others.

When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Be kind to yourself.

My number one thing is be kind to yourself. We can't control what other people do, we can only control what we do.

Sometimes you feel like the people who invest in hate are winning. Then you just want to talk about love and what it really means to love yourself.