Warren Farrell Quotes

A man fears that conflict with his wife will lead to less intimacy, not more intimacy.

When either sex suppresses the expression of feelings, it’s almost always b/c they don’t feel there is a safe environment to express them.

A man becomes successful by repressing his feelings, not expressing his feelings.

In more than thirty years of conducting workshops, no one has ever said to me, “Warren, I want a divorce – my partner understands me.”

To me, God is the accumulated wisdom I've gathered throughout my life. When I pay attention, my body gives me a printout of this wisdom.

Sometimes I have a feeling, when I look back on my life, that all I’ve been through has prepared me perfectly for just what I’m doing now.

If my parents had made love a tenth of a second earlier or later, I wouldn’t exist. What an enormous miracle, just being given life.

By attending to the conscious part of ourselves, we contribute to the peace of others as well as ourselves.

This is the first time in history that we’ve had this level of luxury, so we have a new opportunity to rethink the way we approach God.

When I lose my larger sense of supporting people to be their best, I lessen my contact with the God inside me.

When I feel very loved, when I nurture and support people, my experience is deepened. I feel connected to a larger purpose and meaning.

For me, the massiveness of what I don’t know is one way I experience God. It creates in me a feeling of humility and a sense of gratitude.

I feel awed by the mystery of being both so finite and yet so infinite, so much and so little, so conscious and yet, so coincidental.

When I eat a meal, I think of all the people whose labor has contributed to my nourishment, and that thought nourishes my appreciation. I hope it nourishes you too.

[H]umans tend to start the process of change by acknowledging themselves—thus blacks asserted black pride and black is beautiful; women declared I am woman, I am strong ; men are saying I am man, I am okay. After a quarter of a century of male bashing, that’s not a bad start.