“ Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts. Mary Pipher
“ Memmi believes racism has four elements—an insistence on difference, a negative valuation of that difference, the generalization of that difference to an entire group, and finally the use of that diff… Mary Pipher
“ True grief never goes away. We learn to live with it. After a while our friends stop asking and we stop discussing our sorrows. It doesn't help us that much and we realize that almost everyone who we… Mary Pipher
“ One of psychologist Martin Seligman’s early research projects involved giving students one of two assignments— they could do a good deed or they could give themselves a treat. He asked them to rate th… Mary Pipher
“ But even with our maturity, we must see our constraints in order to break free from them. Meridel Le Sueur wrote, Survival is resistance. Mary Pipher
“ When people come together, they can accomplish more than they can by individual actions. With this transformation from me to we, the wind picks up, the sails fill, and the boat is off. . . Media cover… Mary Pipher
“ We have the capacity to build happiness into our lives with humor, concern for others, and gratitude. Mary Pipher
