Martha Beck Quotes

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The only way to the Place beyond Fear is to do the thing you fear most. This is how to surrender to your best destiny.

Martha Beck
As any good Buddhist will tell you, the
only way to find permanent joy is by embracing
the fact that nothing is permanent.

Martha Beck
Criticism is an alluring substitute for creation, because tearing
things down, unlike building them up, really is as easy as falling off a stump. It's blissfully simple to strike a savvy, sophisticated pose by attacking someone else's creations, but the old adage is right: Any fool can burn down a barn. Building one is something else again.

Martha Beck
Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with the remotest accuracy.

Martha Beck
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 is the basis of all healing. It's the only means by which we can reclaim our true nature or feel the subtle cues telling us how to find our way through life.

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Angels come in many shapes and sizes, and most of them are not invisible.

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No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.

Martha Beck
Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.

Martha Beck