"Listening to learn isn't about giving advice--at least not until asked--but about trying to understand exactly what someone means,how it is that someone looks at and feels about her particular situation.... Listening to learn from a daughter in adolescence, conspiring with her thoughts and feelings, keeps a mother in touch with a daughter's growing and changing self."

-- Elizabeth Debold

#Mother Quotes #Daughter Quotes #Mean Quotes

“War is not cheap, but it's the human cost that's the highest.”
“The glory of science is, that it is freeing the soul, breaking the mental manacles, getting the brain out of bondage, giving courage to thought, filling the world with mercy, justice, and joy.”
“Keeping up appearances is the most expensive thing in the world.”
“First of all, most traders don't have a winning strategy. Second, even among those traders who do, many don't follow their strategy. Trading puts pressure on weaker human traits and seems to seek out each individual's Achilles' heel.”
“I woke up to the world of science when my high school chemistry teacher introduced me to the elegantly ordered periodic table.”
“Behold this day. It is yours to make.”
“You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you dont have your health, you have nothing.”
“Meditation is, first of all, a tool for surveying our territory so we can know what is going on. With the energy of mindfulness, we can calm things down, understand them, and bring harmony back to the conflicting elements inside us.”

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