In times past there were rituals of passage that conducted a boy into manhood, where other men passed along the wisdom and… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
...Good leaders wait to be called and they give up their power when they are no longer needed. Selfish men and fools… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
It is the same for all men. None of us can escape this shadow of the father, even if that shadow fills… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
Until you have a son of your own . . . you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
It is not easy for a man to be as great as a mountain or a forest. But that is why the… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
I want you to consider this distinction as you go forward in life. Being male is not enough; being a man is… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
The power of this experience [fatherhood] can never be explained. It is one of those joyful codings that rumbles in the species… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
The Buddhists have a story about blind men trying to describe an elephant by feeling it's various parts, and each describes the… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
Do not grieve. Misfortune will happen to the wisest and best of men. Death will come, always out of season. It is… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
We are born male. We must learn to be men. Remember, strength is a force. It is an attribute of the heart.… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
We may not all live holy lives, but we live in a world alive with holy moments. — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
“In some corner of your life, you know more about something than anyone else on earth. The true measure of your education is not… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
We live in a world alive with holy moments. We need only take the time to bring these moments into the light. — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance, and none can say while some fields will blossom and… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
...Good leaders wait to be called and they give up their power when they are no longer needed. Selfish men and fools put themselves… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
We wake up one day and find we have lost our dreams in order to protect our days. — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
“What is needed is only a pausing of the heart so the spirit can take wing and be lifted toward the infinite.” — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
It is not our task to judge the worthiness of our path; it is our task to walk our path with worthiness. — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
When you are here, you are here. When you are gone, you are gone. It isn't a problem to be gone, so long as… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
We measure our presence in generations; we cannot dig down ten thousand years and find our bones. Our arrival is scribed upon the line… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
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