Pema Chodron Quotes

I think when you're reaching outside of something you're comfortable doing, you're just heading towards a light. I don't think you stop to justify it.

Words empower us, move us beyond our suffering, and set us free.

The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling guilty or proud of that self, and he offered revolutionary teachings that resounded like a lion's roar, like a great rising tide, helping people to wake up and break free from the prison of ignorance.

In S Club I played a role in a band, but now I can go off and be me - My horizon's wide open now. It's scary and it's daunting, but it's an absolute thrill. I feel brand new!

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

People fear leaving their safe harbor of the known and venturing off into the unknown. Human beings crave certainty - even when it limits them.

I've been scared and I've liked not hanging on to stuff where I know that I'm in my comfort zone.

Real change isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all.

I like stepping out of my comfort zone.

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.

If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.

A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.

I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

I love when I am outside my comfort zone.

Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking. The ride might not be as predictable if you'd just planted your feet and stayed put, but it will be a heck of a lot more interesting.

But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.

It's very scary to become someone new, to take that path less followed.

Christine was me wanting to break free. I was tired of being prissy and shrinking and apologising all of the time, so I created a character that could be daring for me.

The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.

Anything you believe you have to do or become before you can be free is a denial and distraction from the truth that you are already free.

Nobody knows really what they're doing and there's two ways to go with that information. One is to be afraid and the other is to be liberated, and I choose to be liberated by it.

Every practice at some point will become a hindrance. No practice can ever take you there, to freedom, to liberation. That's important to realize.