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> [“We are whiplashed between an arrogant overestimation of ourselves and a servile underestimation of ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/we-are-whiplashed-between-an-arrogant-overestimation-of-ourselves-and/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

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## More by Parker Palmer

> [“Instead of telling our valuable stories, we seek safety in abstractions, speaking to each other about our opinions, ideas, and beliefs rather than about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/instead-of-telling-our-valuable-stories-we-seek-safety-in/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [Whatever America's founders believed about Christianity - and they believed a wide range of things - they clearly rejected the idea of an established…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/whatever-america-s-founders-believed-about-christianity-and-they/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands and risks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/when-i-was-depressed-nobody-expected-anything-of-me-nor-did-i-expect/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [There are a million 'oughts' in the world. There's a million ways in which I ought to be serving the world. But the ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/there-are-a-million-oughts-in-the-world-there-s-a-million-ways-in/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [“By standing respectfully and faithfully at the borders of another’s solitude, we may mediate the love of God to a person who needs something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/by-standing-respectfully-and-faithfully-at-the-borders-of-another-s/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [“We are whiplashed between an arrogant overestimation of ourselves and a servile underestimation of ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/we-are-whiplashed-between-an-arrogant-overestimation-of-ourselves-and/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [“Vocation at its deepest level is, 'This is something I can't not do, for reasons I'm unable to explain to anyone else and don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/vocation-at-its-deepest-level-is-this-is-something-i-can-t-not-do-for/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [“There is as much guidance in what does not and cannot happen in my life as there is in what can and does --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/there-is-as-much-guidance-in-what-does-not-and-cannot-happen-in-my/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [Even when life challenges us, it's a gift beyond all measure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/even-when-life-challenges-us-it-s-a-gift-beyond-all-measure/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [Fascist movements kill off their critics, literally or metaphorically, while democratic movements value, invite and even welcome criticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/fascist-movements-kill-off-their-critics-literally-or-metaphorically/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a drama, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/we-have-been-deformed-by-educational-and-religious-institutions-that/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [Movements begin when oppressed people make - and keep remaking - a deeply inward decision to stop consenting to external demands that contradict a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/movements-begin-when-oppressed-people-make-and-keep-remaking-a-deeply/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [“Our problem as Americans -- at least, among my race and gender -- is that we resist the very idea of limits, regarding limits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/our-problem-as-americans-at-least-among-my-race-and-gender-is-that-we/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [“You seem to look upon depression as the hand of an enemy trying to crush you…Do you think you could see it instead as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/you-seem-to-look-upon-depression-as-the-hand-of-an-enemy-trying-to/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

> [“When we so fear the dark that we demand light around the clock, there can be only one result: artificial light that is glaring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/when-we-so-fear-the-dark-that-we-demand-light-around-the-clock-there/)

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