Pema Chodron Quotes

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.

I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.

We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy—material or spiritual.

You will surely smile with me when I say, 'Thank God one can still recognise self-pity as such and not give it any greater dignity than just that.

Don't try to be unafraid. That is impossible. Rather, go ahead while being afraid. That is the entire secret for abolishing fear. The Supermind teaches us to have no self-concern at all. Whatever happens to you, act as though it happened to someone else.

The heart is the path to wisdom because it dares to be vulnerable in the presence of power

One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns.

Whether we stay or whether we go - to be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Fear is natural. Be with it.

Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.

Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with.

Our pain is a part of who we authentically are.

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.

I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams.

I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.

It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

I want to be honest, and even if that's scary, I know it's worth it.

You have to have courage to look back and be honest about your own drama.

It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you can't be aware of what you're doing that's tough and brave at the time that you're doing it because if you knew that it was brave, then you'd be scared.

Lion sounds that have not grown from the mouse may exude naked power... but cannot convey any wisdom or understanding... The initial steps on the path to courageous speech then are the first tentative steps into the parts of us that cannot speak.