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> [Healing comes when the individual remembers his or her identity—the purpose chosen in the world of ancestral wisdom—and reconnects with that world of Spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/healing-comes-when-the-individual-remembers-his-or-her-identity-the/)

[Malidoma Patrice Some](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malidoma-patrice-some/)

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## More by Malidoma Patrice Some

> [It's true that tribal rivalries have something to do with political instability. It's also true that those rivalries were exaggerated by colonialism. Colonialism essentially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/it-s-true-that-tribal-rivalries-have-something-to-do-with-political/)

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> [In Africa, you cannot come into a comfortable material lifestyle without going through Christ. So many Africans say, "I'll take the whole package. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/in-africa-you-cannot-come-into-a-comfortable-material-lifestyle/)

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> [“Wealth (among the Dagara) is determined not by how many things you have, but by how many people you have around you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/wealth-among-the-dagara-is-determined-not-by-how-many-things-you-have/)

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> [Spiritual methods are essential in Africa if you are going to survive politically. My cousin is the chief security officer for the president of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/spiritual-methods-are-essential-in-africa-if-you-are-going-to-survive/)

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> [The spiritual thirst that is latent in everybody can never come to a place of fulfillment unless people begin to think of each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/the-spiritual-thirst-that-is-latent-in-everybody-can-never-come-to-a/)

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> [Nakedness is very common in the tribe. It is not a shameful thing; it is an expression of one's relationship with the spirit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/nakedness-is-very-common-in-the-tribe-it-is-not-a-shameful-thing-it/)

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> [Historically the customs and traditions of day-to-day life in Africa have been dismissed by Western cultural anthropologists as primitive, chaotic, pagan activities that should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/historically-the-customs-and-traditions-of-day-to-day-life-in-africa/)

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> [Healing comes when the individual remembers his or her identity—the purpose chosen in the world of ancestral wisdom—and reconnects with that world of Spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/healing-comes-when-the-individual-remembers-his-or-her-identity-the/)

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> [I see too many people who jump into spirituality as a shelter to hide from reality. It doesn't work that way. The way it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/i-see-too-many-people-who-jump-into-spirituality-as-a-shelter-to-hide/)

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> [The power of quiet is great. It generates the same feelings in everything one encounters. It vibrates with the cosmic rhythm of oneness. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/the-power-of-quiet-is-great-it-generates-the-same-feelings-in/)

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> [Whether they are raised in indigenous or modern culture, there are two things that people crave: the full realization of their innate gifts, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/whether-they-are-raised-in-indigenous-or-modern-culture-there-are-two/)

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> [The power of nature exists in its silence. Human words cannot encode the meaning because human language has access only to the shadow of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/the-power-of-nature-exists-in-its-silence-human-words-cannot-encode/)

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> [One can say, 'Teach me what you know,' but the better request is, 'Teach me about what teaches you.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/one-can-say-teach-me-what-you-know-but-the-better-request-is-teach-me/)

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> [Peace is Letting Go--Returning to the Silence that cannot enter the realm of words because it is too pure to be contained in words.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/peace-is-letting-go-returning-to-the-silence-that-cannot-enter-the/)

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> [If you discuss the beliefs of Christianity with the village diviner, the medicine man, he will say the white man must be extremely stupid.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/if-you-discuss-the-beliefs-of-christianity-with-the-village-diviner/)

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