"It isn't the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it's what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening. The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new."

-- Pema Chodron

#Believe Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Causes Quotes

“Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing â€” to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.”
“All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.”

Source : Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”
“Love is the highest form of intelligence we can experience.”
“A man without a vote is in this land like a man without a hand.”
“Call yourself "Colonel" and declare that your fortune was left to you by Dutch burghers from the seventeenth century. Now you're a solid citizen, the embodiment of hard work and rugged individualism. You're no criminal. The criminal is the guy who comes up short, who gets caught, who fails to adopt a respectable cover.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“Carryin' a gun is a chancy thing. Sooner or later a man is put in a position to use it. And a body has to figure that if somebody packs iron he plans to use it when the time comes; and if he draws it out, he plans to shoot.”
“I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources.”
“Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah.”

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