--- title: "14 Needs Quotes By Parker J. Palmer" description: "14 Needs quotes by Parker J. Palmer. Plus more from Parker J. Palmer and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/parker-j-palmer-2983_adult_every-young-person-needs-some-adult-who_2262091.png" --- > [Every young person needs some adult who's just wild and crazy about them!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/every-young-person-needs-some-adult-who-s-just-wild-and-crazy-about/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/parker-j-palmer-2983_adult_every-young-person-needs-some-adult-who_2262091.png) > [I will always have fears, but I need not be my fears, for I have other places within myself from which to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/i-will-always-have-fears-but-i-need-not-be-my-fears-for-i-have-other/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/parker-j-palmer-2983_fear_i-will-always-have-fears-but-i-need-not_1312417.png) > [Wholeness does not mean perfection: it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life. Knowing this gives me hope that human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/wholeness-does-not-mean-perfection-it-means-embracing-brokenness-as-2/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/parker-j-palmer-2983_art-of-life_wholeness-does-not-mean-perfection-it-me_2644299.png) > [Some journeys are direct, and some are circuitous; some are heroic, and some are fearful and muddled. But every journey, honestly undertaken,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/some-journeys-are-direct-and-some-are-circuitous-some-are-heroic-and/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/parker-j-palmer-2983_chance_some-journeys-are-direct-and-some-are-ci_2771514.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) > [We must come together in ways that respect the solitude of the soul that avoid the unconscious violence we do when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/we-must-come-together-in-ways-that-respect-the-solitude-of-the-soul/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/parker-j-palmer-2983_another-life_we-must-come-together-in-ways-that-respe_2899398.png) > [We think it's about little techniques and tricks, but techniques only take you so far. We need teachers who care about kids,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/we-think-it-s-about-little-techniques-and-tricks-but-techniques-only/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/parker-j-palmer-2983_care_we-think-it-s-about-little-techniques-an_2803701.jpg) > [Storytelling has always been at the heart of being human because it serves some of our most basic needs: passing along our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/storytelling-has-always-been-at-the-heart-of-being-human-because-it/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/parker-j-palmer-2983_basic-needs_storytelling-has-always-been-at-the-hear_1965123.png) > [We can teach a good, formal lesson on forgiveness as a Christian virtue and all the doctrines that are attached to it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/we-can-teach-a-good-formal-lesson-on-forgiveness-as-a-christian/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/parker-j-palmer-2983_activity_we-can-teach-a-good-formal-lesson-on-for_2099448.jpg) > [Technology is incredibly creative and has great potentials; but it is also very seductive in the way it isolates people, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/technology-is-incredibly-creative-and-has-great-potentials-but-it-is/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/parker-j-palmer-2983_bells_technology-is-incredibly-creative-and-ha_667928.png) > [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) > [We continually make decisions in private which affect the commonweal, as the ecologists (to take but one example) have shown us. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/we-continually-make-decisions-in-private-which-affect-the-commonweal/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a47/parker-j-palmer-2983_around-the-world_we-continually-make-decisions-in-private_526449.png) > [... circles of trust ... are a rare form of community - one that supports rather than supplants the individual quest for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/circles-of-trust-are-a-rare-form-of-community-one-that-supports/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/parker-j-palmer-2983_adventure_circles-of-trust-are-a-rare-form-of-comm_1207873.jpg) > [Our equal and opposite needs for solitude and community constitute a great paradox. When it is torn apart, both of these life-giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/our-equal-and-opposite-needs-for-solitude-and-community-constitute-a/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/parker-j-palmer-2983_buzz_our-equal-and-opposite-needs-for-solitud_2143615.png) ## Other authors on Needs ## 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. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needs/parker-j-palmer/#itemlist", "name": "14 Needs Quotes By Parker J. 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