--- title: "13 Knows Quotes By Parker J. Palmer" description: "13 Knows quotes by Parker J. Palmer. Plus more from Parker J. Palmer and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a42/parker-j-palmer-2983_has-beens_the-teachers-who-have-had-the-most-impac_3094453.png" --- > [The teachers who have had the most impact on me and on most learners I know are teachers whose "selfhoods" have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/the-teachers-who-have-had-the-most-impact-on-me-and-on-most-learners/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a42/parker-j-palmer-2983_has-beens_the-teachers-who-have-had-the-most-impac_3094453.png) > [Violence is what happens when we don't know what else to do with our suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/violence-is-what-happens-when-we-don-t-know-what-else-to-do-with-our/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/parker-j-palmer-2983_crime_violence-is-what-happens-when-we-don-t-k_2606392.png) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/i-think-the-church-needs-to-be-much-more-countercultural-than-that/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/parker-j-palmer-2983_church_i-think-the-church-needs-to-be-much-more_283583.png) > [I now know myself to be a person of weakness and strength, liability and giftedness, darkness and light. I now know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/i-now-know-myself-to-be-a-person-of-weakness-and-strength-liability/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/parker-j-palmer-2983_darkness_i-now-know-myself-to-be-a-person-of-weak_2067783.png) > [Every good teacher and every good parent has somehow learned to negotiate the paradox of freedom and discipline. We want our children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/every-good-teacher-and-every-good-parent-has-somehow-learned-to/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/parker-j-palmer-2983_certain_every-good-teacher-and-every-good-parent_1443108.png) > [Students want to know, "Are you painting by the numbers, or are you really present as a human being to what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/students-want-to-know-are-you-painting-by-the-numbers-or-are-you/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/parker-j-palmer-2983_asks_students-want-to-know-are-you-painting-b_3040408.png) > [When there is a gap between what's on the outside and what's on the inside, that's when people retreat into their foxholes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/when-there-is-a-gap-between-what-s-on-the-outside-and-what-s-on-the/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/parker-j-palmer-2983_foxholes_when-there-is-a-gap-between-what-s-on-th_3232901.png) > [There's a lot of fear connected with the inner journey because it penetrates our illusions. Taking the inner journey will lead you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/there-s-a-lot-of-fear-connected-with-the-inner-journey-because-it/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/parker-j-palmer-2983_about-yourself_there-s-a-lot-of-fear-connected-with-the_1269024.png) > [The answer comes to me through studying the lives of the Rosa Parks and the Vaclav Havels and the Nelson Mandelas and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/the-answer-comes-to-me-through-studying-the-lives-of-the-rosa-parks/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/parker-j-palmer-2983_answers_the-answer-comes-to-me-through-studying_990923.png) > [I believe that movements start when individuals who feel very isolated and very alone in the midst of an alien culture, come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/i-believe-that-movements-start-when-individuals-who-feel-very/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/parker-j-palmer-2983_aliens_i-believe-that-movements-start-when-indi_1669070.jpg) > [I understand that there are forms of entertainment that can make people weep or jazz them up so they feel like they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/i-understand-that-there-are-forms-of-entertainment-that-can-make/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/parker-j-palmer-2983_difficult_i-understand-that-there-are-forms-of-ent_2871453.png) > [Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/let-s-not-forget-that-american-democracy-started-with-we-the-people/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/parker-j-palmer-2983_american-democracy_let-s-not-forget-that-american-democracy_1921505.jpg) > [No scientist knows the world merely by holding it at arm's length: if we ever managed to build the objectivist wall between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/no-scientist-knows-the-world-merely-by-holding-it-at-arm-s-length-if/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/parker-j-palmer-2983_animated_no-scientist-knows-the-world-merely-by-h_2063972.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Parker J. Palmer > [“The God I know is the source of reality, rather than morality; the source of 'what is' rather than the source of 'what ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/the-god-i-know-is-the-source-of-reality-rather-than-morality-the/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/one-of-the-hardest-things-we-must-do-sometimes-is-to-be-present-to/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/opposing-what-s-wrong-is-a-halfway-measure-at-best-a-rebel-must-also/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/teaching-like-any-truly-human-activity-emerges-from-one-s-inwardness/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [If my life is any example, the work that youth workers are doing is very, very important. It tends to get marginalized in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/if-my-life-is-any-example-the-work-that-youth-workers-are-doing-is/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/self-care-is-never-a-selfish-act-it-is-only-good-stewardship-of-the/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [The spiritual life is about becoming more at home in your own skin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/the-spiritual-life-is-about-becoming-more-at-home-in-your-own-skin/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [“Formation may be the best name for what happens in a circle of trust, because the word refers, historically, to soul work done in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/formation-may-be-the-best-name-for-what-happens-in-a-circle-of-trust/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [Don't let anyone or anything rob you of the beauty and meaning at the heart of life. It's your birthright gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/don-t-let-anyone-or-anything-rob-you-of-the-beauty-and-meaning-at-the/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [“Citizenship is a way of being in the world rooted in the knowledge that I am a member of a vast community of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/citizenship-is-a-way-of-being-in-the-world-rooted-in-the-knowledge/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/i-think-the-church-needs-to-be-much-more-countercultural-than-that/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [My high school, like most high schools, had a pretty rigid stratification system. Kids were clustered into groups - the studious ones, the athletes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/my-high-school-like-most-high-schools-had-a-pretty-rigid/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [Death in various forms is sometimes comforting, while resurrection and new life can be demanding and threatening. If I lived as if resurrection were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/death-in-various-forms-is-sometimes-comforting-while-resurrection-and/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true self I already posses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/discovering-vocation-does-not-mean-scrambling-toward-some-prize-just-2/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) > [It is because as we are, our hearts are closed, and we cannot place the holy words in our hearts. So we place them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/it-is-because-as-we-are-our-hearts-are-closed-and-we-cannot-place-the/) [Parker J. 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