253 Quotes by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

A runner is real when she takes the first step.

When seeking guidance, don't ever listen to the tiny-hearted. Be kind to them, heap them with blessing, cajole them, but do not follow their advice.

When a women speaks her truth, fires up her intention and feeling, stays tight with the instinctive nature, she is singing, she is living in the wild breath-stream of the soul.

Story is a medicine which strengthens and arights the individual and the community.

Story is far older than the art of science and psychology, and will always be the elder in the equation no matter how much time passes.

When you focus with soul eyes, / You will see home in many, many places.

It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes clear. The one who says, 'Nothing good came of this' is not yet listening.

At bottom is the best soil to sow and grow something new again. In that sense, hitting bottom, while extremely painful, is also the sowing ground.

To create one must be willing to be stone stupid, to sit upon a throne on top of a jackass and spill rubies from one’s mouth. Then the river will flow, then we can stand in the stream of it raining down.