Pema Chodron Quotes

When we meditate every morning we are putting on armor for the day's battle against our own impatience, inadequacy, resentment, and hostility.

I started teaching myself, taking a breath or a moment that's not overreacting or having an explosion. It made me such a better person. Let alone a better mother, but also just a better human.

I have very human responses to things, so I had to learn to just be still.

May I examine my mind in all actions and as soon as a negative state occurs, since it endangers myself and others, may I firmly face and avert it.

I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to be more patient.

I really explored self-awareness and emotions through 'Green Lantern.' It might sound goofy, but I do believe that emotions have power. We're all driven by something, and most of that is emotional reaction. For me, it was about recognizing my self-awareness.

Probably I have more phobias, fear and eccentricities than I would care to admit. I don't think I'm in danger of losing my mind, but I do often question my own behavior. I have a very bad temper, and it's not always healthy for me and for others. I make my way in the world more difficult, and I could do with a little more yoga.

Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

I really work on paying attention to the clues my self is giving myself. For instance, I think of myself in the third person. That allows me to manage myself better.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

My number one thing to work on is not being reactive - but appropriateness doesn't come easily to me sometimes.

I've learned in my life that I have to focus on the things that I can control and what I can control is what comes out of my mouth and how I respond to people.

I think one big thing for me that I need to work on is being able to separate my feelings and emotions from my matches.

Discipline yourself. Be conscious of what you think, and what you like. What gets you mad? What gets you in your feelings? Figure that stuff out and take control of it so nobody else can control you.

I always used to be like, 'I don't need to meditate.' And it's not true.

Humility is a super-important factor in all of our lives, and I try to remind myself every evening in front of the mirror, 'Just calm down.'

The mind has to be gradually and systematically brought under control.

If the ego is inflated it must be gradually deflated.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

You have to live with your mind your whole life.

We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will.

The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.

Discipline is necessary to curb the mind, otherwise there is no peace.