Chogyam Trungpa Quotes

The bravest are the tenderest.

It is going to take a very brave man to love me.

There is no tenderness without bravery.

I think you're the sort of person who finds money on the ground and waves it in the air and asks if anyone has lost it. I think you cry in movies that aren't even sad because you have a soft heart, though you don't let it show. I think you do things that scare you, and that makes you braver than those adrenaline junkies who bungee-jump off bridges.

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.

Do you have the courage for it? Do you have the love? If you have enough of one, you will develop the other.

I'm tough, but I have a heart.

Have a strong mind and a soft heart.

I'm really super feminine, and I'm really soft. I'm very sensitive, I realized.

The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.

Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.

I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.

How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.

Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.

Courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin. Compassion without courage is not genuine. You may have a compassionate thought or impulse, but if you don’t do or say anything, it’s not real compassion.

And there is not anything in the world stronger than tenderness.

Shall I tell you what you have that other men don't?.... It's the courage of your own tenderness.

Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others." —Cornflower

In this world there are two great sources of strength. One rests with those who are not afraid to kill. The other rests with those who are not afraid to love.

True strength is delicate.

From caring comes courage.

The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.