Pema Chodron Quotes

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

It would never occur to me to judge anyone.

Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us.

The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.

I do a lot of gay-friendly stuff in my show, and men, women, they all love it. I practice non-judgment in my daily life and hope other people do the same thing.

It's important to accept people for the reality of what they are, who they are, whatever that is and heal from that yourself.

You have just got to live life and let others live.

You can't close the door on anybody.

Embrace the humanity of everyone, especially those you don't understand.

I love everybody.

Tolerance is a cheap, low-grade parody of love. Tolerance is not a great virtue to aspire to. Love is much tougher and harder.

We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake.

A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone.

Make sure that every person, of whatever background, can find in you a welcoming heart.

A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself.

Mine is not a religion of the prison-house. It has room for the least among God's creation.

When you have reached your own room, be kind to those Who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall.

The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner trying to help a sinner. Even a feeble, but kind and tender man, will effect more than a genius, who is rough and artificial.

Look out for your baby or your friend, of course. That is easy. The test of moral fiber is to stick up for those you relate to least, understand minimally, and do not think are that much like you.

A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings.

Relying on the power of kindness is a sensitive undertaking. The challenge is to inspire people to be kind more often without tainting the selflessness that comes from doing something nice with no ulterior motive.

Don't look at a person - look into the person. Heart is the hero, not the colour. I don't stand against or for any colour; I just believe in endorsing the idea of not endorsing any colour.

I want people to be more accepting.

We are a people unafraid to welcome 'your tired, your poor, your huddled masses,' because we measure others by the quality of their hopes for the future, not by the circumstances of their birth.

A healthy culture doesn't memorialise only those it agrees with.