Chogyam Trungpa Quotes

Wear your heart on your skin in this life.

I'm tough, but I have a heart.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.

I tend to find characters who lack vulnerability dull.

I think our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted. It means engaging with the world from a place of vulnerability and worthiness.

I never felt the need to introduce all the obstacles in my past when I say, 'Hello, my name is Nate.' But at the same time, I've never hidden from it.

Honesty, vulnerability, pain - these are things that always supersede the trends of the day.

Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength.

Choosing to remain vulnerable and sensitive despite disappointments or heartbreak helps me stay authentic to my life. It is the hardest part.

It is definitely hard when you're going against the tide. Of course, it is tough. But does that mean you can't do it? No, it depends on your strength, stamina and ability to take so much power against you.

I do not murmur, even if my heart break.

The toughest guys have the biggest hearts. The biggest hearts - because they have to be tough to protect it.

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

Vulnerability is the cornerstone of confidence.

A stout heart may be ruined in fortune but not in spirit.

That is a trial I must face," Veka said. "No, that is a multiheaded snake thing, Jig snapped.

This hill though high I covent ascend; The difficulty will not me offend; For I perceive the way of life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let's neither faint nor fear.

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.

If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a place of worthiness, we have to talk about the things that get in the way- especially shame, fear and vulnerability

I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.

No man, with a man's heart in him gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. Happy is he who is brave enough to push on to another stage of the journey.

Vulnerability is power.

There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness.

What can we give a child when there is nothing left? All we have, I think, is the truth, the truth that will set him free, not limited, provable truth, but the open, growing, evolving truth that is not afraid.