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Life Quotes by Martha Beck
- To live a life that is wrong for you is a form of dying. There are people who have lives that look perfect. They try…
- Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen…
- I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
- At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.
- No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from…
- In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved to…
- I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in…
- Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help…
- Learning to let go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis—small or large, brother-in-law or end-of-quarter office…
- Menders of all times and places have taught that silencing the thoughts in our heads and opening to the experience of the body and emotions…
- For the vast majority of world history, human life - both culture and biology - was shaped by scarcity. Food, clothing, shelter, tools, and pretty…
- There are several ways to mess up your life by fighting to make your calendar age match your felt age. I live in the Southwest,…
- As a life coach, I love makeovers, from new clothes to surgery, pedicures to highlights. But redoing makes you feel better only if approached with…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle