When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

Quote by Katherine Mansfield

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Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do...

Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.

Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.

Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.

Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do...

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never...

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never...

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love....

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love....

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far...

It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is -...

It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is -...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do...

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the...

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the...

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself...

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far...

I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face.

I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face.

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I...

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I...

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change.

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change.

I'm a writer first and a woman after.

I'm a writer first and a woman after.

Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very...

Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very...