Author: Natalie Goldberg

Quotes

Failure is what we're all running from, we're always running toward success with failure at our back.

Failure is what we're all running from, we're always running toward success with failure at our back.

- Natalie Goldberg

Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.

Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.

- Natalie Goldberg

Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth.

Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth.

- Natalie Goldberg

Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness.

Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness.

- Natalie Goldberg

Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.

Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.

- Natalie Goldberg

Read books. They are good for us.

Read books. They are good for us.

- Natalie Goldberg

Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

- Natalie Goldberg

I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.

I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.

- Natalie Goldberg

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