--- title: "13 Teach Quotes By Parker J. Palmer" description: "13 Teach quotes by Parker J. Palmer. Plus more from Parker J. Palmer and more Teach sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/parker-j-palmer-2983_being-together_as-i-teach-i-project-the-condition-of-my_2830854.png" --- > [As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/as-i-teach-i-project-the-condition-of-my-soul-onto-my-students-my/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/parker-j-palmer-2983_being-together_as-i-teach-i-project-the-condition-of-my_2830854.png) > [Whoever our students may be, whatever the subject we teach, ultimately we teach who we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/whoever-our-students-may-be-whatever-the-subject-we-teach-ultimately/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/parker-j-palmer-2983_education_whoever-our-students-may-be-whatever-the_3189647.png) > [“Every profession that attracts people for reasons of the heart is a profession in which people, and the work they do, suffer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/every-profession-that-attracts-people-for-reasons-of-the-heart-is-a/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/parker-j-palmer-2983_career_every-profession-that-attracts-people-fo_1361417.png) > [“the personal can never be divorced from the professional. “We teach who we are” in times of darkness as well as light.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/the-personal-can-never-be-divorced-from-the-professional-we-teach-who/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/parker-j-palmer-2983_personal_the-personal-can-never-be-divorced-from_1602657.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) > [“This book is for teachers who have good days and bad and whose bad days bring the suffering that comes only from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/this-book-is-for-teachers-who-have-good-days-and-bad-and-whose-bad/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/parker-j-palmer-2983_bad-day_this-book-is-for-teachers-who-have-good_2123728.png) > [Students want to know, "Are you painting by the numbers, or are you really present as a human being to what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/students-want-to-know-are-you-painting-by-the-numbers-or-are-you/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/parker-j-palmer-2983_asks_students-want-to-know-are-you-painting-b_3040408.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) > [“Teaching holds a mirror to the soul. If I am willing to look in that mirror and not run from what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/teaching-holds-a-mirror-to-the-soul-if-i-am-willing-to-look-in-that/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/parker-j-palmer-2983_education_teaching-holds-a-mirror-to-the-soul-if-i_1879856.png) > [“First, the subjects we teach are as large and complex as life so our knowledge of them is always flawed and partial.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/first-the-subjects-we-teach-are-as-large-and-complex-as-life-so-our/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/parker-j-palmer-2983_education_first-the-subjects-we-teach-are-as-large_1274069.jpg) > [Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach I project the condition of…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/parker-j-palmer-2983_activity_teaching-like-any-truly-human-activity-e_72398.png) > [In my own life, as winters turn into spring, I find it not only hard to cope with mud but also hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/in-my-own-life-as-winters-turn-into-spring-i-find-it-not-only-hard-to/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/parker-j-palmer-2983_acts-of-kindness_in-my-own-life-as-winters-turn-into-spri_3058844.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) ## Other authors on Teach ## 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. 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We need teachers who care about kids, who care about what they teach, and who can communicate with kids.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Parker J. Palmer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/we-think-it-s-about-little-techniques-and-tricks-but-techniques-only/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/parker-j-palmer-2983_care_we-think-it-s-about-little-techniques-an_2803701.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/parker-j-palmer-2983_care_we-think-it-s-about-little-techniques-an_2803701.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/parker-j-palmer-2983_care_we-think-it-s-about-little-techniques-an_2803701.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We think it's about little techniques and tricks, but techniques only take you so far. We need teachers who…” — Parker J. 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