Yet again, an ancient answer echoes across the centuries: Listen! Listen to stories! For what stories do, above all else, is hold up a mirror so that we can see ourselves. Stories are mirrors of human be-ing, reflecting back our… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
“Listen! Listen to stories! For spirituality itself is conveyed by stories, which use words in ways that go beyond words to speak the language of the heart. Especially in a spirituality of imperfection, a spirituality of not having all the… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share Image
Yet again, an ancient answer echoes across the centuries: Listen! Listen to stories! For what stories do, above all else, is hold up a… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share
“The message of all spirituality is that, in some mysterious way, we are all one—that therefore the joy and the sorrow of any one… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share
Spirituality points, always, beyond: beyond the ordinary, beyond possession, beyond the narrow confines of the self, and - above all - beyond expectations. Because… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share
“Once we accept the common denominator of our own imperfection, once we begin to put into practice the belief that imperfection is the reality… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share
“We are all looking for, but we find what we are looking for only by being looked for. We find miracle only when we… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share
“For women and men, for alcoholics and non-alcoholics, spirituality is one of those realities that we have only so long as we seek it;… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share
To acknowledge, to accept, and to forgive one's parents - both what they gave and what they did not give, both one's dependence upon… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share
“We modern people are problem-solvers, but the demand for answers crowds out patience—and perhaps, especially, patience with mystery, with that which we cannot control.” — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share
If we learn to accept our imperfections with humor, as the reflection of our very humanity, we will experience humility and tolerance, we will… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share
“William James, in his “Talks to Teachers,” derided that “ceaseless frenzy” in which we always feel that we “should be doing something else.” The… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share
“Listen! Listen to stories! For spirituality itself is conveyed by stories, which use words in ways that go beyond words to speak the language… — Ernest Kurtz Copy Share
