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> [“We freeze up because we expect a certain result or because we want things to be perfect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/we-freeze-up-because-we-expect-a-certain-result-or-because-we-want/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

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## More by Bernie Glassman

> [Look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/look-in-the-mirror-and-laugh-at-yourself/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [When we go... to bear witness to life on the streets, we're offering ourselves. Not blankets, not food, not clothes, just ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/when-we-go-to-bear-witness-to-life-on-the-streets-we-re-offering/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/i-always-have-this-red-nose-in-my-pocket-and-if-it-looks-like-i-m/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/each-of-is-an-arm-of-kannon-enabling-kannon-to-do-her-work-like-her/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [The extraordinary language of Nonviolent Communication is changing how parents relate to children, teachers to students, and how we all related to each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/the-extraordinary-language-of-nonviolent-communication-is-changing/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/sometimes-you-come-to-a-fall-and-sometimes-you-come-to-white-water/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [I honor businesses for what they do, I honor nonprofits for what they do, I honor government for what it does, and then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/i-honor-businesses-for-what-they-do-i-honor-nonprofits-for-what-they/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [Our tendency in life is to avoid things that frighten us. But in order to become whole, we need to go deeper and deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/our-tendency-in-life-is-to-avoid-things-that-frighten-us-but-in-order/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/don-t-make-a-whole-to-do-about-it-don-t-get-down-on-yourself-be-cause/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [An English philosopher said that whatever is cosmic is also comic. Do the best you can and don't take it so seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/an-english-philosopher-said-that-whatever-is-cosmic-is-also-comic-do/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/when-you-care-about-perfection-you-care-about-an-expectation-but/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [When we don't ask, we don't let others give. When we fear rejection, we don't let generosity arise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/when-we-don-t-ask-we-don-t-let-others-give-when-we-fear-rejection-we/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/i-always-tell-people-that-if-you-get-upset-over-what-someone-says/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [“Covorul ăla lumina toată camera, nu-i așa?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/covorul-la-lumina-toat-camera-nu-i-a-a/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

> [The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment must lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-glassman/the-pursuit-of-enlightenment-is-for-the-purpose-of-the-world-not/)

[Bernie Glassman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-glassman/)

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