Quotes About Vulnerability

A sexual relationship is an act of communion between body and spirit. This is a very important encounter, not to be done in a casual manner. In our soul there are certain areas—memories, pain, secrets—that are private, that we would share only with the person we love and trust the most. We do not open our heart and show it to just anyone.

we are advised to tell the other person that we are angry, that we suffer. "Darling, I suffer, I'm angry, and I want you to know it." Then if you are a good practitioner, you also add, "I'm doing my best to take care of my anger." And you can conclude with the third sentence, "Please, do help me

for the sharing to be useful and good, you have to be prepared to say something like, "I have made mistakes. I have thought, spoken, and acted in ways that have harmed our happiness and damaged our connection.

Often, our pride stands in the way of our asking for help. In true love there is no place for pride. To love each other means to trust each other. If you don't tell the person you love of your suffering, it means you don't love this person enough to trust her. You have to realize that this person is the best person to help you. We need to be able to get help from the person we

Sexual intimacy shouldn't occur before there is communion, understanding, and sharing on the emotional and spiritual level.

Fortresses, bombs, or airplanes are not going to take away our fear; in fact, they will more likely increase it. The United States of America has a very powerful military and the most advanced weapons in the world, but the American people don't feel safe. They feel very afraid and vulnerable.

Just as we have the tendency to run away from a shot or a dose of medicine, even if it's good for us, we have the tendency to run away from answers that touch painful areas in our lives.

I think the hardest stories we tell are always the ones about ourselves. And as a journalist, I was taught that I'm never supposed to put myself in the story. So I spent what, 11, 12 years of my life writing about other people so I don't have to face my own life.

The journalist confines himself to the clean, gentlemanly work of exposing the griefs and shames of others.

I'm honest about the journey I've been on, so I definitely don't take dating lightly anymore.

No matter how brilliant an actor is, there's always a point where they let you down, but that's all part of their journey. They might be trying something they need to explore.

As comedians, if nothing else, we're certainly allowed to make fun of ourselves and our own journeys and our own experiences.

If I love Etta James, it's not just the voice, and it's not just the song, but it's the energy that connects me to her, so if she is strong, I can be strong, too, and if she is sad, I know I am not alone, or if she is joyous, I can connect with that joy.

You can't serve up hearts like cherries jubilee.

When I started out as an actor I knew very little, which was probably a good thing. I was totally open. You don't judge yourself, you do it.

I never thought I would find someone who wouldn't leave me and talk back to me and judge me for being crazy.

Being yourself, or being judged as yourself, is really scary.

Part of the reason people don't talk about their loneliness is that they feel they will be judged for it.

As an artist, I struggle with how much of myself to give to the people. How much I want my personal business to be judged.

I think sometimes, especially 'The Bachelor,' feels like you're being judged. You play it safe, so to speak. I've never played it safe and I think that made for a really good season.

For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant.

Acting lets you be in a place where no one's judging you.

I'm really shy and I'm scared of people judging me.

To embody a character, you have to lose all judgment about them.