Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Clarissa Pinkola Estésis an American poet, Jungian pscyhoanalyst, post-trauma recovery specialist, author and spoken word artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth27 January 1945
CountryUnited States of America
mean doe silent
Just because a woman is silent does not mean she agrees.
games giving half
Forgiveness is an act of creation. You can choose from many ways to do it. You can forgive for now, forgive till then, forgive till the next time, forgive but give no more chances it’s a whole new game if there is another incident. You can give one more chance, give several more chances, give many chances, give chances only if. You can forgive part, all, or half of the offense. You can devise a blanket of forgiveness. You decide
memories doe emotion
This kind of forgetting does not erase memory, it lays the emotion surrounding the memory to rest.
soul body behavior
When women are relegated to moods, mannerisms, and contours that conform to a single ideal of beauty and behavior, they are captured in both body and soul, and are no longer free.
mind heroism cures
Since time out of mind, a considered act of heroism has been the cure for stultifying ambivalence.
deterioration spirit natural
The deterioration of symbols is natural. They wear out, needing to be reclaimed, recreated; returned to the spirit.
men logic ifs
If logic was anything, all men would ride sidesaddles..
matter way silent
Some say that sudden knowledge of mystical matters is accomplished only in complete quietude, or that Creator, in one of God's many forms, appears only in orderly ways that are beauteous and picturesque, or that the mystical appears only in completely silent ways. All are true. Except for the 'only' part.
strong helping-others effort
We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all wish to be looked up to for our endurance and efforts to help others.
forgiveness forgiving god-forgives
God forgives us. ... Who am I not to forgive?
art illusion eternity
Without art we live under the illusion that there is only time, and not eternity.
soul guarantees increase
Anytime we feed soul, it guarantees increase.
anger fire wish
we wish to make rage into a fire that cooks things rather than a fire of conflagration.
mother daughter two
I became married at a young age and had two daughters and divorced at 26. I had to go on welfare to make ends meet. I had no way to support myself.