“But somewhere along the way our ability to tell (and to listen to) stories was lost. As life speeded up, as the possibility of both communication and annihilation became ever more instantaneous, people came to have less tolerance for that… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
“Listening to stories and telling them helped our ancestors to live humanly—to be human. But somewhere along the way our ability to tell (and to listen to) stories was lost. As life speeded up, as the possibility of both communication… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
Yet again, an ancient answer echoes across the centuries: Listen! Listen to stories! For what stories do, above all else, is hold up a… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
“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… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
Spirituality points, always, beyond: beyond the ordinary, beyond possession, beyond the narrow confines of the self, and - above all - beyond expectations. Because… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
“Once we accept the common denominator of our own imperfection, once we begin to put into practice the belief that imperfection is the reality… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
“We are all looking for, but we find what we are looking for only by being looked for. We find miracle only when we… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
“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;… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
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… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
“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.” — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image