Pema Chodron Quotes about Kindness

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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Pema Chodron

Kindness, World, Flood

"Practicing Peace in Times of War". Book by Pema Chödrön, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2007.

Loving kindness towards ourselves doesn't mean getting rid of anything. It means we can still be crazy after all these years. We can still be angry after all these years. We can still be timid or jealous or full of feelings of unworthiness. The point is not to try to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.

Pema Chodron

Kindness, Crazy, Jealous

What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself, will affect how you experience your world. In fact, it will transform how you experience the world. What you do for yourself, you’re doing for others, and what you do for others, you’re doing for yourself.

Pema Chodron

Honesty, Kindness, World

Although it is embarrassing and painful, it is very healing to stop hiding from yourself. It is healing to know all the ways that you’re sneaky, all the ways that you hide out, all the ways that you shut down, deny, close off, criticize people, all your weird little ways. You can know all of that with some sense of humor and kindness. By knowing yourself, you’re coming to know humanness altogether. We are all up against these things. We are all in this together.

Pema Chodron

Kindness, Healing, Knowing

You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life just noticing that and letting it be a way to uncover the silliness of the human condition-the tragic yet comic drama that we all continually buy into-you could develop a lot of wisdom and a lot of kindness as well as a great sense of humor.

Pema Chodron

Kindness, Drama, Finding Yourself

Pema Chodron (1996). “Awakening Loving-Kindness”, p.78, Shambhala Publications

Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean. From the very beginning to the very end, pointing to our own hearts to discover what is true isn’t just a matter of honesty but also of compassion and respect for what we see.

Pema Chodron

Honesty, Kindness, Heart

Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.98, Shambhala Publications

As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.

Pema Chodron

Kindness, People, Doe

Pema Chodron (2009). “Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears”, p.87, Shambhala Publications

Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.

Pema Chodron

Kindness, Impossible, Difficult

Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.57, Shambhala Publications

Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment. There always is the potential to create an environment of blame -or one that is conducive to loving-kindness.

Pema Chodron

Kindness, Writing, Curiosity

If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we'll find that more areas of our lives are workable. AS we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others-what and whom we can work with, and how-becomes wider.

Pema Chodron

Kindness, Compassion, Circles

Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.110, Shambhala Publications