If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

Pema Chödrön (1936-), Pema Chödrön is an American Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chödrön has written several dozen books and is principal teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada.