Martha Beck Quotes

The great power of separating the watching mind from the thinking mind is that the watching mind is innately loving. Some call this part of the psyche the 'compassionate witness.' Sharing our difficult feelings with a compassionate witness is the crucial step that heals the infinite small wounds inflicted upon the soul by everyday life.

Martha Beck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1962

Topics

LifePowerGreatSoulStepMind

The hoax is that there are some people who are so arrogant to think that they are so powerful, they can change climate. Man can't change climate.

Jim Inhofe

ChangeManPeopleThinkPowerful

Part of me feels that I'm letting people down by not being as interesting as my books.

Jim Crace

PeopleMeInterestingDownBeing

I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I knew Spanish.

Meg Cabot

SchoolHigh SchoolWishMoreHigh

I think that a lot of people in all walks of life have the impression, of course, that, 'I specialize in something. I can't - I don't have the time to read other things. I'll just go to pure entertainment when I'm relaxing, and then I'll come back to my pure specialty.' That produces - that attitude produces idiot savants, unfortunately.

Robert J. Shiller

LifeAttitudeTimePeopleThinkGo

I'm always telling people baseball needs to be more prominent in the African American community. What a better way to do so, going on these TV shows and appearing on the cover of this or that. Now kids can see how baseball can change your life. Frank Thomas did that for me.

Matt Kemp

LifeChangeCommunityBaseballMe

It is very important to lead the field and innovate in game design.

John Romero

GameDesignImportantLeadField

It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.

Mary Cheney

YourselfBossBetterNewsAlways

I had the opportunity to train with Natalie Portman for 'Black Swan,' and the program we created was intense and involved a lot of travel.

Mary Helen Bowers

OpportunityTravelBlackTrainSwan

Obama has so mismanaged the economy.

Mitt Romney

EconomyObama

I'm creative in my own life. I'm creative when I step out the door. I'm creative when I pick up a glass. Do you know what I mean? I'm one of those dreadful people who probably should have been born at the end of the 19th century and been in cafe society. That would have suited me fine.

Jaye Davidson

LifeCreativeStepPeopleMeDoor

We must never lose our individuality.

Divyanka Tripathi

LoseIndividualityNeverMustOur

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.

Clint Eastwood

EyesPeopleOverWoolHadRealizing

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