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Martha Beck

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  • “No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.” -Martha Beck

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  • “Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past.” -Martha Beck

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  • “Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.” -Martha Beck

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  • “People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures.” -Martha Beck

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  • “Whether you’ve seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.” -Martha Beck

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  • “Anything you’re trying to will is focused on the future it’s always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable.” -Martha Beck

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  • “You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you can do for yourself and the people who matter to you.” -Martha Beck

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  • “Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be.” -Martha Beck

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  • “The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are.” -Martha Beck

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  • “No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life’s slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.” -Martha Beck

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  • “Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.” -Martha Beck

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  • “My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind.” -Martha Beck

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  • “Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by the beauty of events I cannot explain.” -Martha Beck

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  • “Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.” -Martha Beck

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  • “Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be.” -Martha Beck

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  • No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life’s slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone. – Martha Beck

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  • We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster. – Martha Beck

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