Natalie Goldberg Quotes


"When you are present, the world is truly alive."
- Natalie Goldberg
(Related: Present, World)

"Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go."
- Natalie Goldberg
(Related: Trust, Love, Will)

"That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write."
- Natalie Goldberg
(Related: Attention, Want, Will)

"Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die."
- Natalie Goldberg
(Related: Talk)

"Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down."
- Natalie Goldberg
(Related: Lie, Earth, Nothing, State, Stress)

"Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out."
- Natalie Goldberg
(Related: Beginning)

"Read books. They are good for us."
- Natalie Goldberg
(Related: Books)

"Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth."
- Natalie Goldberg
(Related: Truth, People, Desire)