Quotes about Vulnerability

C. S. Lewis wrote that in prayer we must "lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.

Even the best of saints, being left to themselves, will quickly appear to be less than men—to be nothing! All our own strength is weakness, and all our wisdom folly.

God and the doctor we like adore, But only when in danger, not before.

Sometimes our strengths are also our weaknesses. Sometimes to be strong you have to first be weak. You have to share your burdens; you have to lean on other people while you face your problems and yourself.

That's why male adults, and some females too, experience the presence of a strong woman as a dangerous regression to a time of their own vulnerability and dependence.

Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what's underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don't think it ever will be.

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.

When you strike the shepherd you strike the sheep.

A predator on land is prey in the sea.

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.

All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.