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Use your life to wake you up.
Hell is just resistance to life.
The more neurosis the more wisdom.
Patience is not learned in safety.
Fear itself is the vanguard of wisdom
Feel the feelings and drop the story.
Holding on to anything blocks wisdom.
Softening what is rigid in our hearts.
Never underestimate the desire to bolt.
Lower your standards and relax as it is.
Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
Difficult people are the greatest teachers.
Things become clear when there is no escape.
When resistance is gone, the demons are gone.
Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
Just where you are-that's the place to start!
Nothing in its essence is one way or the other.
There are many changes in the weather of a day.
Everything is fresh, the essence of realization.
We practice to liberate ourselves from a burden.
The future is the result of what we do right now.
At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.
Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality.
Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
The root of compassion, is compassion for oneself.
Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.
Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward.
My moods are continuously shifting like the weather.
To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
Allow situations in your life to become your teacher.
Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.
We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake
The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.
Everybody loves something, even if it's only tortillas.
The idea is to develop sympathy for your own confusion.
Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth
Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.
You are the sky. Everything else - it’s just the weather.
Searching for happiness prevents us from ever finding it.
Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck.
We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.
Better to join in with humanity than to set ourselves apart.
We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time.
Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future.
Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
As Buddhism moved from one culture to another, it always adapted.
Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.