Pema Chodron Quotes

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.

I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind

A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it.

Perhaps the most important thing I can tell you about equipment is to experiment and keep an open mind.

There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief.

A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness

Fantasy is only a state of mind that you can employ when existing in a real context.

I think I have terminal curiosity. So I always think that the future will be better and different than the past. As I look back and take inventory of myself, I'm very open-minded and flexible. People say the older you get, you get set in your ways. I don't think so.

People who were right a lot of the time were people who often changed their minds.

An enlightened mind is not hoodwinked; it is not shut up in a gloomy prison till it thinks the walls of its dungeon the limits of the universe, and the reach of its own chain the outer verge of intelligence.

I never say 'No' to anything.

We must remember that everything is ordinary and extraordinary. It is our minds that either open or close.

I'm always open. I try not to have a closed mind. In fact the only reason why I'm able to continue to make films since 1986 is I have been adaptable. If I weren't flexible I sure wouldn't be making films this many years as I've been doing it. I've been making a film a year almost since 1986 and that's hard. That ain't easy.

I'm kind of like, "never say never."

If we come to see that this world does not have the final word, then we open our mind and therefore our entire lives to experience the possibility of infinite possibilities.

Instead of saying, ah, I don't have the money, just embrace it and do what we can do. And the scenes that we film and the characterizations in the scenes can come out interesting. And I really feel good about that, going into it.

I’d rather welcome change than cling to the past.

We strive always to have a beginner's mind.

I never say never about anything.

Life is a state of mind.

I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it might help me get a little closer to where I wanted to be . . .

Start with a 'Yes', and see where that takes you.