Chogyam Trungpa Quotes

To be fully human, fully myself, To accept all that I am, all that you envision, This is my prayer. Walk with me out to the rim of life, Beyond security. Take me to the exquisite edge of courage And release me to become.

A warrior, or any man for that matter, cannot possibly wish he were somewhere else; a warrior because he lives by challenge, an ordinary man because he doesn't know where his death is going to find him.

When it comes to the fearless life, the divine gives nothing freely... save to those who freely give themselves to discovering the truth about their own fearless selves.

I've never been willing to lie about my age. Why on earth would I want to tell people I'm 35, which I'm not, and have them say, 'Oh that's nice,' when I could tell them I'm 47, which I am, and have them look at me and go, 'Whoa!'. I'm not afraid of aging. I stopped being afraid of life a long time ago.

Imagine what your life will look like when you have broken the bondage of fear.

We can’t save ourselves from fear by seeking safety, because safety always means there’s something to be safe from-in other words, something to fear. The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.

You haven't yet opened your heart fully, to life, to each moment. The peaceful warrior's way is not about invulnerability, but absolute vulnerability--to the world, to life, and to the Presence you felt. All along I've shown you by example that a warrior's life is not about imagined perfection or victory; it is about love. Love is a warrior's sword; wherever it cuts, it gives life, not death.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

Why having been endowed with the courageous heart of a lion, do we live as mice?

I just am a person who loves houses. In a way, it's dovetailed into one of the themes of The Unspeakable: Why do you have to change? Why don't you just accept that this is how you are? Why do you have to grow from an experience?

The warrior’s approach is to say ‘yes’ to life: ‘yes’ to it all.

Nevertheless, the only way we can move from where we are now to where we would like to be is to accept where we are now.

You see I'm such a fool that I'm never afraid of appearing foolish.

The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment, and - sometimes - with just a touch of madness.

Don't choose. Accept life as it is in its totality.

One cannot be able in life by fearing to live.

When a warrior is present and awake to all that she is, she is able to take on any challenge, any project, or any future that she desires. Her daily prayer is to have the strength to love all of herself, the courage to listen to what she is guided to do and the confidence to go out, stand tall and deliver her gifts to the world.

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

A warrior takes his lot, whatever it may be, and accepts it in ultimate humbleness. He accepts in humbleness what he is, not as a grounds for regret but as a living challenge.

Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.

The only selfish life is a timid one.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough

Better it were not to live than to live a coward.

For the warrior, there is no "better" or "worse"; everyone has the necessary gifts for his particular path.

The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.