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,...

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...

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...

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...

Empathy is like giving someone a psychological hug.

Empathy is like giving someone a psychological hug.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more...

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more...

Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality...

Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality...

There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.

There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.