Quotes from Mary Pipher

Intelligent resistance keeps the true self alive

One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.

Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup.

The fullness of life comes from an identity built on giving and on joy.

The protected place in space and time that we once called childhood has grown shorter.

All geniuses born women are lost to the public good.

I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you?

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.

With meditation I found a ledge above the waterfall of my thoughts.

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.