All Mary Pipher Quotes
- People come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs. We… America
- With meditation I found a ledge above the waterfall of my thoughts. Found
- In all the years I've been a therapist, I've yet to meet one girl who likes her body. All
- Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts. Adolescence
- Real friends require honesty, openness, and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness. Acts
- Girls who stay true to themselves manage to find some way to respect the parts of themselves that are spiritual. They work for the betterment… Act
- Good therapy, gently but firmly, moves people out of denial and compartmentalization. It helps clients to develop richer inner lives and greater self-knowledge. It teaches… Allows
- Telling stories never fails to produce good in the universe. Failing
- Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup. Cleanup
- The fullness of life comes from an identity built on giving and on joy. Built
- Parents wrongly assume that their daughters live in a world similar to the one they experienced as adolescents. They are dead wrong. Their daughters live… Adolescents
- Intelligent resistance keeps the true self alive Alive
- Many young women are less whole and androgynous than they were at age ten. They are more appearance-conscious and sex-conscious. They are quieter, more fearful… Age
- Therapy isn't Radio.We don't need to constantly fill the air with sounds. Sometimes, when its quite, surprising things happen. Air
- All geniuses born women are lost to the public good. All
- One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking. Accepting
- We live in a world filled with language. Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human community. Writers are either polluters or part of… Beautiful
- True freedom has more to do with following the North Star than going whichever way the wind blows. Sometimes it seems like freedom is blowing… Blow
- Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence. Just as planes and ships disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle, so do the selves of girls… Adolescence
- Prayer is vastly superior to worry. With worry, we are helpless; with prayer, we are interceding. When I hear sad news, I try to say… All