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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Empathy is like giving someone a psychological hug.

Empathy is like giving someone a psychological hug.

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...

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,...

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...

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless...

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless...

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.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.