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> [“Listening to stories and telling them helped our ancestors to live humanly—to be human. But somewhere along the way our ability to tell (and to listen to) stories was lost. As life speeded up, as the possibility of both communication…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/listening-to-stories-and-telling-them-helped-our-ancestors-to-live/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

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## More by Ernest Kurtz

> [Yet again, an ancient answer echoes across the centuries: Listen! Listen to stories! For what stories do, above all else, is hold up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/yet-again-an-ancient-answer-echoes-across-the-centuries-listen-listen/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [Baseball teaches that errors are part of the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/baseball-teaches-that-errors-are-part-of-the-game/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/the-message-of-all-spirituality-is-that-in-some-mysterious-way-we-are/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [ “Without imperfection \[...\] there would be no story.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/without-imperfection-there-would-be-no-story/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“The essence of tolerance lies in its openness to difference.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/the-essence-of-tolerance-lies-in-its-openness-to-difference/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [Spirituality points, always, beyond: beyond the ordinary, beyond possession, beyond the narrow confines of the self, and - above all - beyond expectations. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/spirituality-points-always-beyond-beyond-the-ordinary-beyond/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“My dear, do you want forgiveness … or an explanation?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/my-dear-do-you-want-forgiveness-or-an-explanation/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“Once we accept the common denominator of our own imperfection, once we begin to put into practice the belief that imperfection is the reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/once-we-accept-the-common-denominator-of-our-own-imperfection-once-we/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“We are all looking for, but we find what we are looking for only by being looked for. We find miracle only when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/we-are-all-looking-for-but-we-find-what-we-are-looking-for-only-by/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/for-women-and-men-for-alcoholics-and-non-alcoholics-spirituality-is/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/to-acknowledge-to-accept-and-to-forgive-one-s-parents-both-what-they/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/we-modern-people-are-problem-solvers-but-the-demand-for-answers/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [If we learn to accept our imperfections with humor, as the reflection of our very humanity, we will experience humility and tolerance, we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/if-we-learn-to-accept-our-imperfections-with-humor-as-the-reflection/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“William James, in his “Talks to Teachers,” derided that “ceaseless frenzy” in which we always feel that we “should be doing something else.” The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/william-james-in-his-talks-to-teachers-derided-that-ceaseless-frenzy/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

> [“Listen! Listen to stories! For spirituality itself is conveyed by stories, which use words in ways that go beyond words to speak the language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/listen-listen-to-stories-for-spirituality-itself-is-conveyed-by/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

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