Wisdom Quote by Rachel Naomi Remen — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet.”

“Everything that happens, happens at the only possible time it can happen, and it is always at exactly the right time.”

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”

“All I do know is that so long as I'm asleep I'm rid of all fears and hopes and toils and glory, and long live the man who invented sleep, the cloak that covers all human thoughts, the food that takes away hunger, the water that chases away thirst, the fire that warms the cold, the cold that cools the heat and, in short, the universal coinage that can buy anything, the scales and weights that make the shepherd the equal of the king and the fool the equal of the wise man. There's only one drawback about sleep, so I've heard – it's like death, because there's very little difference between a man who's asleep and one who's dead.”

“True craft isn’t in holding tight, but in release: letting wood reveal its wild grain, letting self dissolve into the hum beneath all things.”

“It takes a lot of rehearsing for a man to be himself.”