284 Quotes by Chögyam Trungpa

Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons

To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.

We can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spirituality when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques.

Sometimes one touches on a very painful spot where one is almost too shy to look into it, but somehow one still has to go through it. And by going into it, one finally achieves a real command of oneself. One gains a thorough knowledge of oneself for the first time.

The artist has tremendous power to change the world.

We must begin our practice by walking the narrow path of simplicity, the hinayana path, before we can walk upon the open highway of compassionate action, the mahayana path.

The strongest of us are those that are spiritually strong, and a spiritual warrior is one of vulnerability.

Becoming "awake" involves seeing our confusion more clearly.

Buddhism doesn't tell you what is false and what is true but it encourages you to find out for yourself.