Thinking Quotes by Parker J. Palmer

9 Thinking quotes by Parker J. Palmer

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Palmer’s nine short reflections blend his teaching philosophy with inner inquiry, giving a quick, thoughtful look at his approach to thinking.

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Although there are some enormously gifted lecturers and preachers who do create community with oratory, I like to do anything I can…

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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.

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Here, I think, is another clue to finding true self and vocation: we must withdraw the negative projections we make on people…

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We think it's about little techniques and tricks, but techniques only take you so far. We need teachers who care about kids,…

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At its deepest level, I think teaching is about bringing people into communion with each other, with yourself as the teacher, and…

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The academic bias against subjectivity not only forces our students to write poorly ("It is believed...," instead of, "I believe..."), it deforms…

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Every good teacher and every good parent has somehow learned to negotiate the paradox of freedom and discipline. We want our children…

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If my life is any example, the work that youth workers are doing is very, very important. It tends to get marginalized…

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Leadership is a concept we often resist. It seems immodest, even self-aggrandizing, to think of ourselves as leaders. But if it is…

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“The God I know is the source of reality, rather than morality; the source of 'what is' rather than the source of 'what ought…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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If my life is any example, the work that youth workers are doing is very, very important. It tends to get marginalized in the…

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Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on…

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The spiritual life is about becoming more at home in your own skin.

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“Formation may be the best name for what happens in a circle of trust, because the word refers, historically, to soul work done in…

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Don't let anyone or anything rob you of the beauty and meaning at the heart of life. It's your birthright gift.

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“Citizenship is a way of being in the world rooted in the knowledge that I am a member of a vast community of human…

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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.

Parker J. Palmer