172 Quotes by Martha N. Beck

Heading towards that inner home will take you places-both inside yourself and in the external world-which your heart will recognize as its native environment, even though you have never been there before.

Welcoming imperfection is the way to accomplish what perfectionism promises but never delivers. It gives us our best performance and genuine acceptance in the family of human – and by that I mean imperfect – beings.

Remember, intimacy increases with honesty. Share less to keep people away and more to draw them closer.

I want you to be supervised, all day every day, by people who forgive your errors and believe in your destiny.

I am free, and always have been; free to accept my own reality, free to trust my perceptions, free to believe what makes me feel sane even if others call me crazy, free to disagree even if it means great loss, free to seek the way home until I find it.

If you find yourself getting nervous stop and relax for three full breaths. Then take one small step, then another. That is how people get to the top of Everest.

When you’re weary, find relief. When you’re strong, find delight.

It seems to me at this moment that laughing is a serious thing, that it connects us with truth and love and God.

A confession you make merely to illuminate the murky corners of your little life may end up lighting the path to freedom for a thousand other hearts.