Underneath all that craving or aversion or jealousy or feeling wretched about yourself, underneath all that hopelessness and despair and depression, there’s something extremely soft, which is called bodhicitta.

Pema Chödron

from the book Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

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Further quotes from the book Start Where You Are:

• You are guaranteed to be burned
• The happiness we seek is already here
• Teachings 24/7
• Communication without agenda
• Compassion along the path
• Moving away from comfort and security
• Self-liberate even the antidote
• Bottomless heart
• Where Do Thoughts Come From
• Learning from everything
• Gloriousness and wretchedness