Thorn Coyle Quotes & Sayings

Throughout their lives, women try to pummel their bodies into some phantom ideal shape that exists only with a lot of airbrushing ... I don't blame men for this. Men seem to go for us no matter what size and shape we are. I blame capitalism. No, really. The consumer must constantly be in a state of anxious low self-esteem so that she will constantly buy lipsticks and girdles to make her feel cuter. — Cynthia Heimel

I am a great believer in research and innovation. — Robert Mondavi

But how shall I get ideas? 'Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act! — Orison Swett Marden

There's a great deal of scientific evidence that social connectedness is a very strong protector of emotional well-being, and I think there's no question that social isolation has greatly increased in our culture in, say, the past 50 years, past 100 years. — Andrew Weil

May our lives be born from the beauty of darkness, and shine with the possibility of light. — T. Thorn Coyle

Humans are the most successful invasives of all time. — Diane Ackerman

Things may need to stay in the darkness for some time. There is power in darkness: the power of gestation, deep dreaming, and the sweetness of night. However, sometimes darkness obscures our vision, making it difficult to see some of our very important parts. And sometimes darkness is a messy closet into which we shove things we can't quite get rid of, but don't know how to use anymore. — T. Thorn Coyle

Sometimes all it takes is one Deep Breath and everything falls into place. — Liz Hester

Cast yourself. You are the spell. — T. Thorn Coyle

True listening is never self-effacement. We bring the whole self to the process, rather than denying self. When we truly listen, we aren't just waiting for someone else to decide something so we can get on with things, or so we don't have to decide for ourselves. We aren't giving away our own powers to be seen and heard. When we listen, first we listen to the parts of ourselves that are curious, in avoidance, afraid, angry, or proud. Then we can take a breath and sink, allowing those parts some space alongside the spaciousness of not knowing. — T. Thorn Coyle

In wishing to know ourselves fully, we must forget our quest for gain and seek only completion. At a certain point in our development, we no longer even seek to become Mystic, Magister, Sorcerer, or Witch: we seek only our own perfection in the wholeness of our Will, in the joining of light with dark and strength with love. We are varied and gorgeous yet pure of heart. Our aim is this: to know ourselves and to know the world. — T. Thorn Coyle

Connection exists. There is immanence and transcendence, and everything beyond and in between. My tradition calls this connection God Herself. — T. Thorn Coyle

We are part animal, part human, and part divine, and the moment we forget the possibility of any one of those, we are lost. — T. Thorn Coyle

Seekers are all following some distant star, and eventually will come to recognize that this star resides in their very core. — T. Thorn Coyle