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> [“You destroyed it with crosses and diseases and whiskey and guns.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/you-destroyed-it-with-crosses-and-diseases-and-whiskey-and-guns/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

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## More by Kent Nerburn

> [We may not all live holy lives, but we live in a world alive with holy moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/we-may-not-all-live-holy-lives-but-we-live-in-a-world-alive-with-holy/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/remember-to-be-gentle-with-yourself-and-others-we-are-all-children-of/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [“In some corner of your life, you know more about something than anyone else on earth. The true measure of your education is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/in-some-corner-of-your-life-you-know-more-about-something-than-anyone/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [We live in a world alive with holy moments. We need only take the time to bring these moments into the light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/we-live-in-a-world-alive-with-holy-moments-we-need-only-take-the-time/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance, and none can say while some fields will blossom and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/remember-to-be-gentle-with-yourself-and-others-we-are-all-children-of-2/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [...Good leaders wait to be called and they give up their power when they are no longer needed. Selfish men and fools put themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/good-leaders-wait-to-be-called-and-they-give-up-their-power-when-they/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [We wake up one day and find we have lost our dreams in order to protect our days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/we-wake-up-one-day-and-find-we-have-lost-our-dreams-in-order-to/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [“What is needed is only a pausing of the heart so the spirit can take wing and be lifted toward the infinite.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/what-is-needed-is-only-a-pausing-of-the-heart-so-the-spirit-can-take/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [It is not our task to judge the worthiness of our path; it is our task to walk our path with worthiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/it-is-not-our-task-to-judge-the-worthiness-of-our-path-it-is-our-task/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [“You destroyed it with crosses and diseases and whiskey and guns.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/you-destroyed-it-with-crosses-and-diseases-and-whiskey-and-guns/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [When you are here, you are here. When you are gone, you are gone. It isn't a problem to be gone, so long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/when-you-are-here-you-are-here-when-you-are-gone-you-are-gone-it-isn/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [We measure our presence in generations; we cannot dig down ten thousand years and find our bones. Our arrival is scribed upon the line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/we-measure-our-presence-in-generations-we-cannot-dig-down-ten/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [“Now is the moment when I must pause and lift my heart — now, before the day fragments and my consciousness shatters into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/now-is-the-moment-when-i-must-pause-and-lift-my-heart-now-before-the/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [When all the words have been written, and all the phrases have been spoken, the great mystery of life will still remain. We may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/when-all-the-words-have-been-written-and-all-the-phrases-have-been/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

> [“Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room and being aware of the space around you. It is a condition of separateness. Solitude is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kent-nerburn/loneliness-is-like-sitting-in-an-empty-room-and-being-aware-of-the/)

[Kent Nerburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kent-nerburn/)

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