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Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out your wisdom.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
Clergyman
Philosopher
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New York City
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Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
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We sow the seeds of our future hells or happiness by the way we open or close our minds right now.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die.
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