Joan Erikson quotes
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“A good life is like a weaving. Energy is created in the tension. The struggle, the pull and tug are everything.”
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“No matter how hard you dance, not everyone will clap”
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“Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until you play, can't know serendipity unless you risk.”
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“Wisdom is not what comes from reading great books. When it comes to understanding life, experiential learning is the only worthwhile kind, everything else is hearsay.”
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“Lots of old people don't become wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.”
-- Joan Erikson
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“Well, it's a good life and a good world, all said and done, if you don't weaken.”
Source : "Working class heroes" by Shirley Dent, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2008.
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Source : Alfred Whitney Griswold (1962). “Liberal Education and the Democratic Ideal: And Other Essays”
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Source : "Voter Suppression Is Treasonous" by Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 22, 2012.
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“The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state.”
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“The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.”
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