"... as we age we have not only……" — Mary Catherine Bateson
"... as we age we have not only to readdress earlier developmental crises but also somehow to find the way to three affirmations that may seem to conflict. ... We have to affirm our own life. We have to affirm our own death. And we have to affirm love, both given and received."
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29 Quotes by Mary Catherine Bateson
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The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.
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There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.
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Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which…
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Insight, I believe, refers to the depth of understanding that comes by setting experiences, yours and mine, familiar and exotic,…
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Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.
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Caring can be learned by all human beings, can be worked into the design of every life, meeting an individual…
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In many ways, constancy is an illusion.
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In many ways, constancy is an illusion. After all, our ancestors were immigrants, many of them moving on every few…
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As you get up in the morning, as you make decisions, as you spend money, make friends, make commitments, you…
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Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live.
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Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or…
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What would it be like to have not only color vision but culture vision, the ability to see the multiple…
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy…
— Irving Babbitt
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Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
— George W. Bush
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What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to…
— Tony Campolo
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In a pitch black room, you can affirm "let their be light" or you can light one candle.
— Ken McCarthy
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Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of…
— Alfred Binet
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You know, in the oath that brand-new citizens take, it contains six different references to 'the law.' If it's good…
— Trey Gowdy
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The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Worship is the highest act of which a person is capable. It not only stretches us beyond all the limits…
— Unknown Author
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The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love…
— Alan Cohen
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In 1891, during the Presidency of William Henry Harrison [Benjamin Harrison], electric lights were first installed in the White House,…
— Jimmy Carter
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I cannot affirm God if I fail to affirm man. Therefore, I affirm both. Without a belief in human unity…
— Norman Cousins
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An affirmation states that a goal is already happening. I'm not crazy about this because, often when we affirm something…
— T. Harv Eker
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