“All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.”
"When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into its dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment, or awakening to our true nature, to our fundamental goodness."
- Pema Chödrön
Awareness
"This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion."
- Pema Chödrön
Compassion
"This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we’re arrogant and soften us when we are unkind."
- Pema Chödrön
Compassion
"Be kind to yourself, and then let your kindness fill the world."
- Pema Chödrön
Compassion
"Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity."
- Pema Chödrön
Compassion
"A year from now you will wish you had started today."
Future
"For I know the plans I have for you ... plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Future
"If you just submit yourself to fate, then that’s the end of it."
- Keiichi Maebara
Future
"The future depends on what you do today."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Future
"Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want."
- Ken Poirot
Future