Quotes about Vulnerability

Nothing can grow in the shade of secrets, she would say, love needs light and space to flourish.

Very few old folk are happy, Irina. Most of them are poor, aren't healthy, and have no family. It's the most fragile and difficult stage of life, more so than childhood, because it grows worse day by day, and there is no future other than death.

It made her feel sorry for her husband: she was discovering how vulnerable to flattery a conceited old man could be.

I do not fear my vulnerability because I no longer confuse it with weakness.

I always learn a lot when I do so. You know, when you step out of your comfort zone and even your cynical zone, and open yourself up to what other people might experience and why they do so.

For the multitude of worldly friends profiteth not, nor may strong helpers anything avail, nor wise counselors give profitable counsel, nor the cunning of doctors give consolation, nor riches deliver in time of need, nor a secret place to defend, if Thou, Lord, do not assist, help, comfort, counsel, inform, and defend.

Safety is an illusion, and trying to protect ourselves does nothing more than protect us from experiencing a full, evolved, and juicy life.

All the aggressive actions I do to myself I would never dream of doing in my own life - I am not this kind of person. I cry if I cut myself peeling potatoes. I am taking the plane, there is turbulence, I am shaking. In performance, I become, somehow, like not a mortal.

Ask for help. Not because you are weak. But because you want to remain strong.

As long as we are faking it we are just showing the world how to fake it - but they already are! They want to see us get real.

You got in over your head. That happens. You have to learn when to call for help. That's when you are strong.

Love gives us power, makes us risk everything we have, everything we are. Love is not for the weak. It's for the strong.