--- title: "11 Way Quotes By Parker J. Palmer" description: "11 Way quotes by Parker J. Palmer. Plus more from Parker J. Palmer and more Way 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) > [Technology is incredibly creative and has great potentials; but it is also very seductive in the way it isolates people, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/technology-is-incredibly-creative-and-has-great-potentials-but-it-is/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/parker-j-palmer-2983_bells_technology-is-incredibly-creative-and-ha_667928.png) > [Integrity requires that I discern what is integral to my selfhood, what fits and what does not-and that I choose life-giving ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/integrity-requires-that-i-discern-what-is-integral-to-my-selfhood/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a76/parker-j-palmer-2983_becoming_integrity-requires-that-i-discern-what-i_2969059.jpg) > [We must come together in ways that respect the solitude of the soul that avoid the unconscious violence we do when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/we-must-come-together-in-ways-that-respect-the-solitude-of-the-soul/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/parker-j-palmer-2983_another-life_we-must-come-together-in-ways-that-respe_2899398.png) > [Even though kids may have planned for months for the trip to Disneyland, some may be feeling very homesick, very forlorn, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/even-though-kids-may-have-planned-for-months-for-the-trip-to/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/parker-j-palmer-2983_capacity_even-though-kids-may-have-planned-for-mo_355607.jpg) > [The answer comes to me through studying the lives of the Rosa Parks and the Vaclav Havels and the Nelson Mandelas and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/the-answer-comes-to-me-through-studying-the-lives-of-the-rosa-parks/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/parker-j-palmer-2983_answers_the-answer-comes-to-me-through-studying_990923.png) > [Fear is so fundamental to the human condition that all the great spiritual traditions originate in an effort to overcome its effects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/fear-is-so-fundamental-to-the-human-condition-that-all-the-great/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/parker-j-palmer-2983_conditions_fear-is-so-fundamental-to-the-human-cond_695861.png) > [When we generate utopian visions and hope to make them happen soon – when we elect Barack Obama and expect all our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/when-we-generate-utopian-visions-and-hope-to-make-them-happen-soon/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/parker-j-palmer-2983_barack_when-we-generate-utopian-visions-and-hop_2554965.png) > [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) > [There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/there-s-often-a-distressing-disconnect-between-the-good-words-we/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b3/parker-j-palmer-2983_academy_there-s-often-a-distressing-disconnect-b_2462748.jpg) > [Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/let-s-not-forget-that-american-democracy-started-with-we-the-people/) [Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/parker-j-palmer-2983_american-democracy_let-s-not-forget-that-american-democracy_1921505.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/parker-j-palmer/#itemlist", "name": "11 Way Quotes By Parker J. Palmer", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Parker J. 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