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> [“They say that perhaps it is not by love, but by blood, that land is bought. They say that perhaps my people had to die to nourish this earth with their truth. Your people did not have ears to hear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/they-say-that-perhaps-it-is-not-by-love-but-by-blood-that-land-is/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

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## More by Kent Nerburn

> [We may not all live holy lives, but we live in a world alive with holy moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/we-may-not-all-live-holy-lives-but-we-live-in-a-world-alive-with-holy/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/remember-to-be-gentle-with-yourself-and-others-we-are-all-children-of/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [“In some corner of your life, you know more about something than anyone else on earth. The true measure of your education is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/in-some-corner-of-your-life-you-know-more-about-something-than-anyone/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [We live in a world alive with holy moments. We need only take the time to bring these moments into the light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/we-live-in-a-world-alive-with-holy-moments-we-need-only-take-the-time/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance, and none can say while some fields will blossom and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/remember-to-be-gentle-with-yourself-and-others-we-are-all-children-of-2/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [...Good leaders wait to be called and they give up their power when they are no longer needed. Selfish men and fools put themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/good-leaders-wait-to-be-called-and-they-give-up-their-power-when-they/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [We wake up one day and find we have lost our dreams in order to protect our days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/we-wake-up-one-day-and-find-we-have-lost-our-dreams-in-order-to/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [“What is needed is only a pausing of the heart so the spirit can take wing and be lifted toward the infinite.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/what-is-needed-is-only-a-pausing-of-the-heart-so-the-spirit-can-take/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [It is not our task to judge the worthiness of our path; it is our task to walk our path with worthiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/it-is-not-our-task-to-judge-the-worthiness-of-our-path-it-is-our-task/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [“You destroyed it with crosses and diseases and whiskey and guns.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/you-destroyed-it-with-crosses-and-diseases-and-whiskey-and-guns/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/when-you-are-here-you-are-here-when-you-are-gone-you-are-gone-it-isn/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [We measure our presence in generations; we cannot dig down ten thousand years and find our bones. Our arrival is scribed upon the line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/we-measure-our-presence-in-generations-we-cannot-dig-down-ten/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [“Now is the moment when I must pause and lift my heart — now, before the day fragments and my consciousness shatters into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/now-is-the-moment-when-i-must-pause-and-lift-my-heart-now-before-the/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [When all the words have been written, and all the phrases have been spoken, the great mystery of life will still remain. We may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/when-all-the-words-have-been-written-and-all-the-phrases-have-been/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [“Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room and being aware of the space around you. It is a condition of separateness. Solitude is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/loneliness-is-like-sitting-in-an-empty-room-and-being-aware-of-the/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

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