As You Are Quotes

“Safetyism be damned. Risk! Take the leaps you need to. Feel the heat you dread. Look into the light and move forward without fragelizing yourself and others. The hallmark of the change that is desired is that it requires the giving of oneself to the uncertain present, the unknown tomorrow.”
― Rainier Wylde, As You Are: Meditations on Self and Other

“The sense of 'I will be okay' is a deep truth that freedom holds.”
― Rainier Wylde, As You Are: Meditations on Self and Other

“If we wish to engage in something like the substance of reality, we must be willing to risk the distinct possibility that our words will fail us. And so we must use all of them, in equal measure, to communicate adequately. We must see both sides. We must follow the line into each new dimension.”
― Rainier Wylde, As You Are: Meditations on Self and Other

“I suspect there is a part of each of us looking for recognition. Looking to be seen as we are--not the things we have done or failed to do--but for our essence. A friend who says, "Oh, I know you. I see you. And what I see is good.”
― Rainier Wylde, As You Are: Meditations on Self and Other