Pema Chodron Quotes

The more you let go, the faster you will move ahead.

Letting go is freedom. When you find yourself in a useless battle, you merely walk off the battlefield.

When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself.

When we forgive and let go, not only does a huge weight drop off your shoulders, but the doorway to your own self-love opens.

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore.

I used to feel like I had to be the best at what I did, but I realized I don't have to be the best. It's so freeing. I've never been this happy.

We all have our demons. When we finally learn to let them go, we get to live and be free.

You try to get rid of the things that are weighing you down.

To forgive is to unlock the cage of another's folly to set ourselves free.

We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.

I considered myself liberated long before it became the fashion. First I liberated myself from debilitating habits, and went on to free myself of combative, aggressive thoughts. I have also cast aside any unnecessary possessions. This, I feel, is true liberation.

The weight is off my shoulders. I don't live in the past anymore. I look forward, instead of back.

People want you to be happy. Don't keep serving them your pain! If you could untie your wings and free your soul of jealousy, you and everyone around you would fly up like doves.

With inquiry, every painful story unravels. Freedom is possible in every moment.

Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.

When you forgive, you're not doing God a favor, you are giving yourself the gift of freedom.

Forgiveness makes you feel better. As soon as you forgive, you're free.

Forgiveness sets the prisoner free. And realizing that prisoner was you. That's what forgiveness does. It sets you free.

I am now trying to trust the universe to take care of me and not necessarily rely on other people to make me happy.

Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.

It's freeing to not be caught up in your own personal baggage.

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