563 Quotes About Vulnerability

Even the bravest cyber defense will experience defeat when weaknesses are neglected.

Underlying all these breaches is a single systemic security flaw, exactly 3.375 inches long. Credit card magstripes are a technological anachronism, a throwback to the age of the eight-track tape, and today the United States is virtually alone in nurturing this security hole.

The weakest link in any chain of security is not the technology itself, but the person operating it; iron gates have no compassion to appeal to, nor fears to exploit, nor insecurities to use to one’s advantage. They are, however, operated by us – by beings of unlimited vulnerability and limited energy. Why waste time brute-forcing what can be easily circumvented by a clever façade and a crimson tongue?

We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.

The tendency to trust easily anyone gives way to a certain vulnerability.

For men, shutting out your friends and family is often preferred over facing one’s emotions, confronting one’s anger, and appearing vulnerable in front of those you most rely upon for respect and self-image. A painful, but valuable discovery, for me and many other men, is that to be vulnerable in front of others is a sign of strength.

It doesn't change athing. Not a damned thing. I didn't want to fall in love with you, Vicky, and I don't intend to stay in love with you. It's temporary,it won't last.'Vicky smiled tremulously, stroking his hair. 'Darling, don't say that . .I'll die if you stop loving me ..."-Scott & Vicky

If if there is anything I’ve learned from the study of trust it's that when we’re scared, we isolate ourselves. There are a lot of scared people in this country. And we absolutely must respond with kindness. It's time for courageous vulnerability. It’s time for love, joy and compassion. We just need conditions for trust and vulnerability to thrive.

We need to feel trust to be vulnerable and we need to be vulnerable in order to trust.