14 quotes
“The single story creates stereotypes and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue but that they are incomplete”
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you and unfold your own tale with compassion”
— Rumi
“There is no story that is not true.”
— Chinua Achebe
“I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you and that you will work with these stories from your life.”
— Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
— Maya Angelou
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you but wonder transforms agony into art”
“The single story creates stereotypes. Creativity requires multiple stories and perspectives.”
“Kindness has the power to dismantle the single story we tell about other people”
“A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers.”
— John Steinbeck
“Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it”
— Hannah Arendt
“You need a story to displace a story narratives do not change because of facts”
— Nassim Taleb
“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.”
“Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what is happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what is happening”
— Sharon Salzberg
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