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

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

Its not so much the journey thats important; as is the way that we treat...

Its not so much the journey thats important; as is the way that we treat...

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and...

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and...

Empathy depends not only on one's ability to identify someone else's emotions but also on...

Empathy depends not only on one's ability to identify someone else's emotions but also on...

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...

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for...

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for...

It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's...

It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's...

None of us can choose where we shall love...

None of us can choose where we shall love...

Empathy is like giving someone a psychological hug.

Empathy is like giving someone a psychological hug.

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a...

Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a...

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,...

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 I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just...

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just...

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...

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.

If a man is good in his heart, then he is an ethical member of...

If a man is good in his heart, then he is an ethical member of...

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good...

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good...

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess...

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess...

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.

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but...

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but...