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Quotes about Earth by Chogyam Trungpa

  • In your cocoon, occasionally you shout complaints, such as, "Leave me alone!" "Bug off!" "I want to be who I am!"... which comes from fighting against your environment... You can raise your head and just take a little peek out of the cocoon... The environment is friendly. It is called "Planet Earth."
  • Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
  • You are sitting on the earth and you realize that this earth deserves you and you deserve this earth. You are there - fully, personally, genuinely.
  • You can't feel the earth if you can't feel the space.
  • It's easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.