“We freeze up because we expect a certain result or because we want things to be perfect.” — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
When we go... to bear witness to life on the streets, we're offering ourselves. Not blankets, not food, not clothes, just ourselves. — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
I always have this red nose in my pocket, and if it looks like I'm taking things too seriously, or the person I'm talking… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
Each of is an arm of Kannon, enabling Kannon to do her work. Like her, we're also overwhelmed, but when we reallize that the… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
The extraordinary language of Nonviolent Communication is changing how parents relate to children, teachers to students, and how we all related to each other… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
Sometimes you come to a fall and sometimes you come to white water. Your rowing has to adapt to the situation. You can't do… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
I honor businesses for what they do, I honor nonprofits for what they do, I honor government for what it does, and then I… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
Our tendency in life is to avoid things that frighten us. But in order to become whole, we need to go deeper and deeper… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
Don't make a whole to-do about it. Don't get down on yourself be- cause you're not an expert rower; don't start reading too many… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
An English philosopher said that whatever is cosmic is also comic. Do the best you can and don't take it so seriously. — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
When you care about perfection, you care about an expectation. But there is also caring for where I am right now, for what's happening… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
When we don't ask, we don't let others give. When we fear rejection, we don't let generosity arise. — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
I always tell people that if you get upset over what someone says, imagine him or her with a clown's nose on and you… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment must lead… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share
