Therese Walsh Quotes & Sayings

For the Javanese...the purpose of knowledge (kaweruh) is love, not ambition or cleverness. Knowledge comes from caring enough to suffer and learn. — Therese Walsh

It took strength to notice things, sometimes, when those things were hidden away in dark places, stuck on the edges of the periphery. Strength to point to them and say that matters enough that I need to do something about it, especially when no one else blinked over them or everyone else forgot they were important. — Therese Walsh

Hope was a powerful thing. Difficult to risk. — Therese Walsh

But it was hard to be happy when the day smelled like a big pot of I-hate-your-guts. — Therese Walsh

It was okay to believe in things that others didn't believe in. It was okay not to believe, too. — Therese Walsh

But we can control ourselves - right now, in this moment. That's something. Maybe it's everything. — Therese Walsh