"Many of our problems in US maternity care stem from the fact that we leave no room for recognizing when nature is smarter than we are."

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Source : Ina May Gaskin (2011). “Birth Matters: How What We Don't Know About Nature, Bodies, and Surgery Can Hurt Us”, p.108, Seven Stories Press

Ina May Gaskin

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“The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded. Their indiscriminate violence prostrates for the time all public authority, and its consequences are sometimes extensive and terrible.”
“Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?”
“All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.”
“None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.”
“The power of HEART is much stronger than the power of MIND to empower our life.”
“True wisdom is to see and understand your relationship with the universe. When you gain that relational knowledge, then you are wise.”
“So I want to identify, if I can, the most important thing that we discover in life. At least, it is the most important thing that I have discovered. I will share it with you, like a precious jewel, fit for this occasion. I refer to love. Love for one another. Love for our community. Love for others everywhere in the world. Love transcends even scholarship, cleverness and university degrees. It is greater than pride and wealth. It endures when worldly vanities fade...”
“It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone in the room on 'State Of Play.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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