Louisa

“It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves without moralizing, without harshness, without deception, can we let go of harmful patterns. Without maitri (metta), renunciation of old habits becomes abusive. This is an important point.”
― Pema Chodron

“When days are scarce what better way to spend them than in a bout of madness.”
― Carolina De Robertis, The Invisible Mountain

“Once you create a self-justifying storyline, your emotional entrapment within it quadruples.”
― Pema Chodron

“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.”
― sylvia plath