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> [“The question "Who am I?" really asks, "Where do I belong or fit?" We get the sense of that "direction" -- the sense of moving toward the place where we fit, or of shaping the place toward which we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/the-question-who-am-i-really-asks-where-do-i-belong-or-fit-we-get-the/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

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## More by Ernest Kurtz

> [Yet again, an ancient answer echoes across the centuries: Listen! Listen to stories! For what stories do, above all else, is hold up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/yet-again-an-ancient-answer-echoes-across-the-centuries-listen-listen/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [Baseball teaches that errors are part of the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/baseball-teaches-that-errors-are-part-of-the-game/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“The message of all spirituality is that, in some mysterious way, we are all one—that therefore the joy and the sorrow of any one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/the-message-of-all-spirituality-is-that-in-some-mysterious-way-we-are/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [ “Without imperfection \[...\] there would be no story.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/without-imperfection-there-would-be-no-story/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“The essence of tolerance lies in its openness to difference.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/the-essence-of-tolerance-lies-in-its-openness-to-difference/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [Spirituality points, always, beyond: beyond the ordinary, beyond possession, beyond the narrow confines of the self, and - above all - beyond expectations. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/spirituality-points-always-beyond-beyond-the-ordinary-beyond/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“My dear, do you want forgiveness … or an explanation?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/my-dear-do-you-want-forgiveness-or-an-explanation/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“Once we accept the common denominator of our own imperfection, once we begin to put into practice the belief that imperfection is the reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/once-we-accept-the-common-denominator-of-our-own-imperfection-once-we/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“We are all looking for, but we find what we are looking for only by being looked for. We find miracle only when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/we-are-all-looking-for-but-we-find-what-we-are-looking-for-only-by/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“For women and men, for alcoholics and non-alcoholics, spirituality is one of those realities that we have only so long as we seek it;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/for-women-and-men-for-alcoholics-and-non-alcoholics-spirituality-is/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [To acknowledge, to accept, and to forgive one's parents - both what they gave and what they did not give, both one's dependence upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/to-acknowledge-to-accept-and-to-forgive-one-s-parents-both-what-they/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“We modern people are problem-solvers, but the demand for answers crowds out patience—and perhaps, especially, patience with mystery, with that which we cannot control.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/we-modern-people-are-problem-solvers-but-the-demand-for-answers/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [If we learn to accept our imperfections with humor, as the reflection of our very humanity, we will experience humility and tolerance, we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/if-we-learn-to-accept-our-imperfections-with-humor-as-the-reflection/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“William James, in his “Talks to Teachers,” derided that “ceaseless frenzy” in which we always feel that we “should be doing something else.” The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/william-james-in-his-talks-to-teachers-derided-that-ceaseless-frenzy/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“Listen! Listen to stories! For spirituality itself is conveyed by stories, which use words in ways that go beyond words to speak the language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/listen-listen-to-stories-for-spirituality-itself-is-conveyed-by/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

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