I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a …

- Marion Milner

I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . . must mean, not a sergeantmajor-like drilling of thoughts, but a continual readiness t…

- Marion Milner

Once you assume your right to interfere in other people's problems they become in some ways more of a worry than your own, for with your own you can …

- Marion Milner

by taking notice of those feelings and images that seemed to be in my blood and bones rather than in my head, I had found myself able to behave, not …

- Marion Milner

Moments when the original 'poet' in each of us created the outside world for us, by finding the familiar in the unfamiliar, are perhaps forgotten by …

- Marion Milner

Happiness not only needs no justification, but it is also the only final test of whether what I am doing is right for me. Only of course happiness is…

- Marion Milner

Perhaps if one really knew when one was happy one would know the things that were necessary in one's life.

- Marion Milner

The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.

- Marion Milner

I used to worry about what life was for - now being alive seems sufficient reason.

- Marion Milner