Friday Afternoon Quotes

“There are two kinds of suffering.  There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere.  And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.”

--Ajahn Chah
“If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good or bad about someone else, you’ll forget your own soul and end up exhausted and defeated by the energy you have wasted in judging others.”

--Paulo Coelho

“The only reason we don’t open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don’t feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with.  To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else’s eyes."

--Pema Chodron