Pema Chodron Quotes

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.

People ask what must they become to be loving. The answer is ‘nothing.’ It is a process of letting go of what you thought you had become and allowing your true nature to float to the surface naturally.

Every child is simple, just a clean slate. Then the parents start writing on his slate - what he has to become. Then the teachers, the priests, the leaders - they all go on emphasizing that you have to become somebody; otherwise, you have wasted your life. Just the opposite is the case. You are a being. You need not become anybody else. That is the meaning of simplicity: remaining at ease with one's being, and not going on any track of becoming - which is unending.

Thou art in the end what thou art. Put on wigs with millions of curls, set thy foot upon ell-high rocks. Thou abidest ever--what thou art.

We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole

To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.

To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.

The secret is not to act, but to be.

I've fully embraced who I am. I stopped fighting with people and just come to realize, 'This is me. This is all of me.'

I've learned to accept who I am.

You cannot change who you are, so don't punish yourself for your shortcomings. Know who you are, give it your best, and celebrate it.

Accepting all that you are will lead you to live your best life and will allow you to be free and your true authentic self.

I wish I could have gone back and told myself what I know now: Accepting yourself is the way to go.

You're not going to be perfect, but the most important thing is not trying to please anybody. It's loving yourself inside out.

Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Be happy with who you are and know that being you is the best thing you can do for yourself. You've got a long time to figure everything out and there's no rush. Enjoy the now.

I'm always talking about loving yourself and expressing yourself and learning how to love yourself. I'm still the same.

You need to build an ability to just be yourself, and not be doing something.

I am the excuse to explore your identity. To be exactly who you are and to feel unafraid. To not judge yourself, to not hate yourself.

I'm able to express myself better now. I have come to accept the real me. I have come to love the real me. I now celebrate the real me.

As long as you are trying to be something other than what you actually are, your mind wears itself out. But if you say, 'This is what I am, it is a fact that I am going to investigate and understand,' then you can go beyond.

It's like that perfection thing, trying to be that thing you're not. You have to feel that discomfort and not try to get rid of it. Accept that aspect and get into it. Acknowledge those feelings and let them be. You are who you are.

Let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are.