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“Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef

“Life is a process. We are a process. The Universe is a process.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef

“Asking for help does not mean that we are weak or incompetent. It usually indicates an advanced level of honesty and intelligence.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef

“We cannot allow anything to come between us and our spirituality, or between us and our living process. If we do, we shall destroy ourselves and those around us.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, When Society Becomes an Addict: An Incisive Analysis of the System of Addiction in Western Society

“I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it as well.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much

“March 12 ACCEPTANCE/MISTAKES/AMENDS Of all the idiots I have met in my life, and the Lord knows that they have not been few or little, I think that I have been the biggest. —Isak Dinesen One of the ways that I can reclaim my power and my person is to admit my mistakes. Sometimes it is helpful to sit down and make a list of people that I have wronged (including myself) and to make amends to those with whom it is possible and where it would not harm them to do so. What a clean feeling it is to accept and own my life and not beat myself up for the mistakes I have made! How good it feels to let those I have harmed know that I am aware of what I have done and that I genuinely wish to own and change my behavior, and do what I can to live”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition: A Daily Dose of Empowerment, Inspiration, and Relief from the Whirlwind of Modern Life, Featuring Uplifting Quotes from Renowned Women

“Thank Goodness I have walked in circles long enough to wear the soles of my shoes so thin that the diamonds on which I stand can now get my attention”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, More Meditation for Women Who Do Too Much

“IF WE WANT to heal, we have to start getting honest with ourselves and others. Creating the possibility for more truth is up to each of us.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition: A Daily Dose of Empowerment, Inspiration, and Relief from the Whirlwind of Modern Life, Featuring Uplifting Quotes from Renowned Women

“Sistem bireye, birey sisteme benzer... Ve hepimiz bu sistemin içinde yaşadığımız için, bir sistem değişikliği ile iyileşme sağlanmadığı sürece, bu sistemin bütün özelliklerini sergileriz.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Beyaz Erkek Sistemi

“listen without judgment.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Native Wisdom for White Minds: Daily Reflections Inspired by the Native Peoples of the World

“Our fear is like the first tile in a string of dominoes. Our denial of fear causes us to lie, to cheat, and to become people we don’t even respect in order to maintain our illusion of control.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition: A Daily Dose of Empowerment, Inspiration, and Relief from the Whirlwind of Modern Life, Featuring Uplifting Quotes from Renowned Women

“You need to claim the events of your life to make yourself yours.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much

“Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account.”-Anne Wilson Schaef”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, 365 Meditations, Reflections & Restoratives for Women Who Do Too Much 2003 Calendar

“We learned our lessons well, and now we have the opportunity to break the intergenerational chain of workaholism. We have a chance to be different. We have choices. LET ME NOTICE today how many times I use work as an excuse for my inhuman behavior.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition: A Daily Dose of Empowerment, Inspiration, and Relief from the Whirlwind of Modern Life, Featuring Uplifting Quotes from Renowned Women

“I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef

“to make amends to those with whom it is possible and where it would not harm them to do so.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition: A Daily Dose of Empowerment, Inspiration, and Relief from the Whirlwind of Modern Life, Featuring Uplifting Quotes from Renowned Women

“Change is the manifestation of our ability to grow and become. When it occurs in those nearest and dearest to us it is an opportunity for celebration. When it happens in ourselves, it allows us to share ourselves on a new level. When we try to protect others from the awareness of our changes, we are being dishonest. No one can care for who we are unless they know who we are.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition: A Daily Dose of Empowerment, Inspiration, and Relief from the Whirlwind of Modern Life, Featuring Uplifting Quotes from Renowned Women

“What we forget is that we can have our feet on the ground and our heads in the stars at the same time. We can be whole people while enjoying the other wholeness of being in love. None of us wants to give up hope or joy or romanticism—and there is no need for us to!”
― Anne Wilson Schaef

“The question for us is how have our experiences affected us and what do we need to do to learn from our experiences, to work through those lessons, integrate them into our being, turn them over, and move on?”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition: A Daily Dose of Empowerment, Inspiration, and Relief from the Whirlwind of Modern Life, Featuring Uplifting Quotes from Renowned Women

“KNOWING when to quit may be my greatest victory.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition: A Daily Dose of Empowerment, Inspiration, and Relief from the Whirlwind of Modern Life, Featuring Uplifting Quotes from Renowned Women

“ALL OF US are afraid sometimes, that’s human. When our life is ruled by fear, that’s obsession.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition: A Daily Dose of Empowerment, Inspiration, and Relief from the Whirlwind of Modern Life, Featuring Uplifting Quotes from Renowned Women

“we miss the opportunity to marvel at our wonders because we have so much set up still to do that what we have done pales into insignificance in relation to what is (always!) yet to be done. Ugly is in the eye of the beholder. TODAY is awareness day for what I have accomplished. Celebrations may be in order.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition: A Daily Dose of Empowerment, Inspiration, and Relief from the Whirlwind of Modern Life, Featuring Uplifting Quotes from Renowned Women

“ONE WHO HAS been chosen for friendship by an animal is a lucky person indeed.”
― Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - Revised Edition: A Daily Dose of Empowerment, Inspiration, and Relief from the Whirlwind of Modern Life, Featuring Uplifting Quotes from Renowned Women