Quotes by : Martha Beck

Since our society equates happiness with youth, we often assume that sorrow, quiet desperation, and hopelessness....

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from....

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment.

Something in the human psyche confuses beauty with the right to be loved. The briefest glance at human....

There’s a Chinese word that means “soul sister,” and that is the word I would use to address you....

Cheerfully fessing up to our failures turns crazy mind off, humility and compassion on. I learned this....

If we're stuck with having expectations, there's a very good reason to embrace positive ones: It's that....

I feel about aging the way William Saroyan said he felt about death: Everybody has to do it, but I always....

Getting bogged down in old stories stops the flow of learning by censoring our perceptions, making us....