top of page
Exlpore more Being quotes

"Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins."

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."

"The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down."

"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."

"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness."
Explore more quotes by Daphne Zuniga

"When I was in high school I moved from the big city to a tiny village of 500 people in Vermont. It was like The Waltons!"

"The planet does nothing but support us, and we are constantly committing crimes against nature."

"When you face your fears, you are free of them. There's nothing in the world I need to hide from again."

"My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays."

"People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening."
bottom of page