We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude. Jane Fonda More Quotes by Jane Fonda More Quotes From Jane Fonda Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting. Jane Fonda strive growing interesting It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy. Jane Fonda happy-birthday being-happy inspirational You don’t learn from successes; you don’t learn from awards; you don’t learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that’s the truth. Jane Fonda wounds-and-scars awards mistake Aging is a staircase - the upward ascension of the human spirit, bringing us into wisdom, wholeness and authenticity. As you may know, the entire world operates on a universal law: entropy, the second law of thermodynamics. Entropy means that everything in the world, everything, is in a state of decline and decay, the arch. There's only one exception to this universal law, and that is the human spirit, which can continue to evolve upwards. Jane Fonda decay law mean We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole Jane Fonda meant-to-be whole perfect To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power. Jane Fonda care reality people What I learned is, we have to listen to each other, even when we don't agree, even when we think we hate each other. We have to listen to each others narratives. Not interrupt defensively, or with hostility, but really try to open our hearts and listen with empathy. I learned so much from that meeting. It was a very difficult thing to do and it was one of the best things that I ever did in my life. Look what scares you in the face, and try to understand it. Empathy, I have learned, is revolutionary. Jane Fonda hate heart thinking Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy is revolutionary. Jane Fonda empathy scare trying The most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness. Jane Fonda satisfying incredibles way I would like to say something, not just to Vietnam veterans in New England, but to men who were in Vietnam, who I hurt, or whose pain I caused to deepen because of the things that I said or did. I was trying to help end the killing and the war, but there were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it and I'm...very sorry that I hurt them. And I want to apologize to them and their families. Jane Fonda pain hurt sorry The more you treat yourself positively, the less you'll want or need to be negative. Jane Fonda loss negative needs Revolution is an act of love; we are the children of revolution, born to be rebels. It runs in our blood. Jane Fonda running children blood Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference. Jane Fonda impact differences rivers The glow and energy of the healthy woman is the ultimate beauty, the only beauty that will last. Jane Fonda healthy lasts energy Getting fit is a political act - you are taking charge of your life. Jane Fonda fitness-motivational get-fit political You shouldn't give up. For a while, you have to stay close to the wall and be careful who you spend time with and take care of yourself. Jane Fonda wall giving-up thinking We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation. Jane Fonda affirmation our-words awareness I don't know if a country (America) where the people are so ignorant of reality and of history, if you can call that a free world. Jane Fonda country reality america If you allow yourself, you can become stronger in the very places that you've been broken. Jane Fonda stronger broken ifs I finally got it: empower girls and everything changes. Jane Fonda empowering things-change girl
