Perhaps wisdom is simply a matter of waiting, and healing a question of time. And anything good you've ever been given is… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time. — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Wisdom comes most easily to those who have the courage to embrace life without judgment and are willing to not know, sometimes… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
A blessing is not something that one person gives another. A blessing is a moment of meeting, a certain kind of relationship… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Perhaps losing integrity with yourself is the greatest stress of all, far more hurtful to us than competition, time pressure, or lack… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Before every session, I take a moment to remember my humanity. There is no experience that this man has that I cannot… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
When we haven't the time to listen to each other's stories we seek out experts to tell us how to live. The… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Befriending the life in others is sometimes a complex matter. There are times when we offer our strength and protection, but these… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
“As a physician, I was trained to deal with uncertainty as aggressively as I dealt with disease itself. The unknown was the… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
The spiritual is inclusive. It is the deepest sense of belonging and participation.We all participate in the spiritual at all times, whether… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
A human life has seasons much as the earth has seasons, each time with its own particular beauty and power. And gift.… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Chances are that any helpful two-year-old will break some eggs. We are often not very good at things when we are new. But there… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Big messages come in small packages. All it may take to restore someone's trust in life may be returning a lost earring or a… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Many people do not know that they can strengthen or diminish the life around them. The way we live day to day simply may… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
A label is a mask life wears. We put labels on life all the time. 'Right,' 'wrong,' 'success,' 'failure,' . . . Labeling sets… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the expectations, all… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
It is said that the Christian mystic Theresa of Avila found difficulty at first in reconciling the vastness of the life of the spirit… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Goose bumps happen when your soul is close to you, breathing lightly on the back of your neck, and wakes you up. — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
We have become terribly vulnerable, not because we suffer but because we have separated ourselves from each other. A patient once told me that… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
