Chogyam Trungpa Quotes

The trick is that you have to stay naked. You must be naked.

In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people.

You can't get to courage without walking through vulnerability.

It's only in uncertainty that we're naked and alive.

And there is not anything in the world stronger than tenderness.

I feel bare. I didn't realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.

Even though I was painted, even though I had on seven layers of paint - to the point that I got a tan, it was as thick as a fabric - I think I felt the most naked because I couldn't cover myself at all. I didn't have to, so I had to be much more open and relaxed.

There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.

The bravest are the tenderest.

To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. A naked body has to be seen as an object in order to become a nude. (The sight of it as an object stimulates the use of it as an object.) Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. To be naked is to be without disguises.

Turn soft and lovely anytime you have the chance.

Be kind. Aim for my heart.

When will you have a little pity for every soft thing that walks through the world, yourself included.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

It's okay to put your heart on your sleeve. Okay to have that softer side - the softer side in the sense of being able to listen, to deal with fear, to not always be so dominant.

Fasion is about eventually becoming naked.

Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.

She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.

Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no less than the women, who have done the most courageous deeds.

I thought: to be tough is to be fragile; to be tender is to be truly fierce.

Her vulnerability is open, but she’s safe within it.

A warrior is not about perfection or victory or invulnerability. He's about absolute vulnerability.

I will go to the bank by the wood and become undisguised and naked.

To be naked is to be oneself.