Martha Beck Quotes


Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld. Martha Beck Beauty 185
Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else. Martha Beck Uncategorized 92
If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it. Martha Beck Core 91
Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation. Martha Beck Anger 89
Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you. Martha Beck Art 88
To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature. Martha Beck Nature 87
Every day brings new choices. Martha Beck Brings 86
The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times. Martha Beck Adult 86
Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. Martha Beck Caring 82
Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems. Martha Beck Appearance 80
Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be. Martha Beck Anger 79
The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are. Martha Beck Experience 76
Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind. Martha Beck alone 70
What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence. Martha Beck Adolescence 69
Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self. Martha Beck Convey 68
Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact. Martha Beck Connection 66
I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way. Martha Beck Crisis 66
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 of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life. Martha Beck Children 64
We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster. Martha Beck Age 64
We evolved to move and to learn with all our five senses! Martha Beck Uncategorized 62
I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there. Martha Beck Uncategorized 61
Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look. Martha Beck Beauty 60
My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind. Martha Beck Change 56
Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is. Martha Beck Nature 55
No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth. Martha Beck Difficult 54
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 my life. Martha Beck Asian 53
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 Accuracy 50
Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. Martha Beck Society 50
I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light. Martha Beck Believe 49
Tiny steps will get you to your goal months and months sooner. A little is better than a lot. Martha Beck Uncategorized 48
When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity. Martha Beck Appreciation 46
Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past. Martha Beck Trust 44
You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you can do for yourself and the people who matter to you. Martha Beck Uncategorized 44
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 accommodate it. Martha Beck Change 43
My own nature hovers between neurotic and paranoid. I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day. Martha Beck Nature 42
You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school. Martha Beck Uncategorized 41
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 life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone. Martha Beck Death 40
Adults under threat feel like children. Martha Beck Children 38
Every worldview I chose, it seemed, edged me toward belief. Martha Beck Belief 37
Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. Martha Beck Hope 35
I always felt that it was my job to try to help other people get it and deal with it. Martha Beck Deal 32
People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures. Martha Beck Medical 32
In fact, when care appears, unconditional love often vanishes. Martha Beck Uncategorized 32
As much horror as we have always created, we are a species that keeps moving forward, seeing new sights in new ways, and enjoying the journey. Martha Beck Created 30
When your entire brain is active, that means you are taking everything in through all sense perception. Your entire memory bank and your instincts are in play, so you make much quicker and more intelligent choices. Martha Beck Uncategorized 30
Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by the beauty of events I cannot explain. Martha Beck Beauty 29
Sometimes a psychic tells you something and it feels wrong and others may be right on the money. It's your choice about whom to trust, and giving that trust is something we do ourselves. Martha Beck Trust 28
To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing. Martha Beck Uncategorized 28

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