
When Things Fall Apart: Pema Chödrön on the Precious Opportunities in Difficult Times
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.”
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.”
“Go, hart, unto the lamp of licht.
Go, hart, do service and honour,
Go, hart, and serve Him day and nicht:
Go, hart, unto thy Saviour.”
“And even if what you want to accomplish in the world were the most amazing feat: you shall acknowledge the lily and the bird as your teachers…”
“It’s up to all of us to capture time, to give it meaning, and to be present and appreciative for every moment we’re alive.”
“To pay close attention to and mostly accept your life, inside and out and around your body, is to be halfway home.”
“The ultimate source of happiness is within us. Not money, not power, not status…outward attainment will not bring real inner joyfulness. We must look inside.”
“The happy life is this – to rejoice to you, in you, and for you. That is it and there is no other.”