What do I want to let go of and what do I want to give myself to? — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Wholeness does not mean perfection: it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life. Knowing this gives me hope that human… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
I believe that movements start when individuals who feel very isolated and very alone in the midst of an alien culture, come… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
There's a lot of fear connected with the inner journey because it penetrates our illusions. Taking the inner journey will lead you… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Our equal and opposite needs for solitude and community constitute a great paradox. When it is torn apart, both of these life-giving… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
By surviving passages of doubt and depression on the vocational journey, I have become clear about at least one thing: self-care is never a selfish act -- it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share
Mentors and apprentices are partners in an ancient human dance, and one of teaching's great rewards is the daily chance it gives… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Integrity requires that I discern what is integral to my selfhood, what fits and what does not-and that I choose life-giving ways… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
“The God I know is the source of reality, rather than morality; the source of 'what is' rather than the source of 'what ought… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
One of the hardest things we must do sometimes is to be present to another person's pain without trying to "fix" it, to simply… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Opposing what's wrong is a halfway measure at best. A rebel must also have a vision for something better, a strategy for moving toward… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together. The entanglements I experience in the classroom are often no more or less than the convolutions of my inner life. Viewed from this angle, teaching… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share
If my life is any example, the work that youth workers are doing is very, very important. It tends to get marginalized in the church or seen as less important than being a senior minister in a large, prosperous congregation; but I don't believe that for a minute. I think this is absolutely critical work in the life of the… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share
Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
The spiritual life is about becoming more at home in your own skin. — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
“Formation may be the best name for what happens in a circle of trust, because the word refers, historically, to soul work done in community. But a quick disclaimer is in order, since formation sometimes means a process quite contrary to the one described in this book----a process in which the pressure of orthodox doctrine, sacred text, and institutional authority… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share
Don't let anyone or anything rob you of the beauty and meaning at the heart of life. It's your birthright gift. — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
“Citizenship is a way of being in the world rooted in the knowledge that I am a member of a vast community of human… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
I think the church needs to be much more countercultural than that and invite people into slowing down, into a "Be-still-and-know-that-I-am-God" mindset. — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share
My high school, like most high schools, had a pretty rigid stratification system. Kids were clustered into groups - the studious ones, the athletes,… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
