Travelling, I worry about luggage, prices, and strange food. At home, I am free to broaden my mind by thinking about the higher th...ings.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If we consider what happens in conversation, in reveries, in remorse, in times of passion, in surprises, in the instructions of dr...eams, wherein often we see ourselves in masquerade,--the droll disguises only magnifying and enhancing a real element, and forcing it on our distinct notice,--we shall catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The central paradox of motherhood is that while our children become the absolute center of our lives, they must also push us back ...out in the world.... But motherhood that can narrow our lives can also broaden them. It can make us focus intensely on the moment and invest heavily in the future.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Friends broaden our horizons. They serve as new models with whom we can identify. They allow us to be ourselves--and accept us tha...t way. They enhance our self-esteem because they think we're okay, because we matter to them. And because they matter to us--for various reasons, at various levels of intensity--they enrich the quality of our emotional life.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »