Thoughts to Live By

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself,

to become what he potentially is.

~~Erich Fromm

He who cannot howl, will not find his pack.
~~ Charles Simic

"All of us," said Nietzsche, "are potentially hero or genius, only inertia keeps us mediocre.”

Belonging to oneself—the whole essence of life lies in that.
~~Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

WHY NOT RUN WITH THE WOLVES?

What must I give more death to today, in order to generate more life? What do I know should die, but am hesitant to allow to do so? What must die in me in order for me to love? What not-beauty do I fear? Of what use is the power of the not-beautiful to me today? What should die today? What should live? What life am I afraid to give birth to? If not now, when?

Clarissa Pinkola Estes