When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.

Quote by Pema Chodron

Topics: Greed Quotes, Guilt Quotes, Habit Quotes

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news,...

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news,...

Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.

Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.

The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full...

The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full...

What's encouraging about meditation is that even if we shut down, we can no longer...

What's encouraging about meditation is that even if we shut down, we can no longer...

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other...

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other...

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

Empathy is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable...

Empathy is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable...

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

Humans have long since possessed the tools for crafting a better world. Where love, compassion,...

Humans have long since possessed the tools for crafting a better world. Where love, compassion,...

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the...

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the...

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens...

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens...

We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us...

We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important...

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key...

People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key...

Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.

Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and...

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and...

If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with...

If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with...

Empathy is like giving someone a psychological hug.

Empathy is like giving someone a psychological hug.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we...

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your heart. (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your heart. (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to...

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to...