Clarissa pinkola estes sayings

Clarissa Pinkola Estés is a renowned author, Jungian psychoanalyst, and cantadora (keeper of the old stories in the Latina tradition). Here are some of her notable sayings:

1. "Do not lose heart. We were made for these times."

2. "The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind."

3. "We are all filled with a longing for the wild. There are few culturally sanctioned antidotes for this yearning."

4. "Joy is not made to be a crumb."

5. "When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for."

6. "If you have ever been called defiant, incorrigible, forward, cunning, insurgent, unruly, or rebellious, you're on the right track."

7. "You are the expert of your own life, and you are the one who knows what is best for you."

8. "The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door."

9. "We all begin the process before we are ready, before we are strong enough, before we know enough; we begin a dialogue with thoughts and feelings that both tickle and thunder within us."

10. "In myths, the hero is the one who conquers the dragon, not the one who is devoured by it. And yet both have to deal with the same dragon. Also, he is no hero who never met the dragon, or who, if he once saw it, declared afterwards that he saw nothing. Equally, only one who has risked the fight with the dragon and is not overcome by it wins the hoard, the 'treasure hard to attain.'"

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