"There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi……" — Anne Lamott
"There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put Scripture on their hearts. One of them asked, "Why on our hearts, and not in them?" The rabbi answered, "Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading sacred text can put it on your heart, and then when your hearts break, the holy words will fall inside."
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Anne Lamott
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489 Quotes by Anne Lamott
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Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life.
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You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind.
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