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title: "1 Years Learned Quotes By Scott Russell Sanders"
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> [“Striving to convey to this beloved audience of one what was going on around me during those five years, I learned the power of language to map a life, to overcome a distance, to focus attention on what matters most.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/striving-to-convey-to-this-beloved-audience-of-one-what-was-going-on/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

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## More by Scott Russell Sanders

> [“Saints and bodhisattvas may achieve what Christians call mystical union or Buddhists call satori--a perpetual awareness of the force at the heart of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/saints-and-bodhisattvas-may-achieve-what-christians-call-mystical/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“Since I could not forget the wounds to people and planet, could not unlearn the dismal numbers--of pollution and population and poverty--that foretold catastrophe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/since-i-could-not-forget-the-wounds-to-people-and-planet-could-not/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“Striving to convey to this beloved audience of one what was going on around me during those five years, I learned the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/striving-to-convey-to-this-beloved-audience-of-one-what-was-going-on/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“I sometimes wonder if all other animals, all plants, maybe even stars and rivers and rocks, dwell in steady awareness of God, while humans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/i-sometimes-wonder-if-all-other-animals-all-plants-maybe-even-stars/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“...nothing from the summer carries more lasting allure for me than the memory of sitting with Ruth on the bank of a stream on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/nothing-from-the-summer-carries-more-lasting-allure-for-me-than-the/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“Life is precarious and improbable, a flame in matter, easily snuffed out. Nature shows no regard for the individual spark, in this creature or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/life-is-precarious-and-improbable-a-flame-in-matter-easily-snuffed/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“What laid me low was no mystical vision, no message from God, but a blow of compassion. In a wakeful mind, no force is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/what-laid-me-low-was-no-mystical-vision-no-message-from-god-but-a/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“Although "making love" may serve as a polite name for an act that has many rude ones, it's misleading. For lovers do not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/although-making-love-may-serve-as-a-polite-name-for-an-act-that-has/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“Home is not where you have to go but where you want to go; nor is it a place where you are sullenly admitted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/home-is-not-where-you-have-to-go-but-where-you-want-to-go-nor-is-it-a/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“What's remarkable about old age is not that we wear out but that we last so long in the grip of gravity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/what-s-remarkable-about-old-age-is-not-that-we-wear-out-but-that-we/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“If we are ever going to dwell in the house of the Lord, I believe, we do so now. If any house is divinely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/if-we-are-ever-going-to-dwell-in-the-house-of-the-lord-i-believe-we/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“She wanted to live lightly on the earth, in harmony with its rhythms, all her senses keen and her mind alive and her spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/she-wanted-to-live-lightly-on-the-earth-in-harmony-with-its-rhythms/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“When the pain of leaving behind what we know outweighs the pain of embracing it, or when the power we face is overwhelming and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/when-the-pain-of-leaving-behind-what-we-know-outweighs-the-pain-of/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“...I understand Mother's need, whatever she might say on the phone, what she really wants is to hear, before she closes her eyes, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/i-understand-mother-s-need-whatever-she-might-say-on-the-phone-what/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

> [“That was what it meant to be loved--there were people who would never give up looking and longing for you, no matter how far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-russell-sanders/that-was-what-it-meant-to-be-loved-there-were-people-who-would-never/)

[Scott Russell Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-russell-sanders/)

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