Kent Nerburn

We may not all live holy lives, but we live in a world alive with holy moments.

— Kent Nerburn

Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will…

— Kent Nerburn

“In some corner of your life, you know more about something than anyone else on earth. The true measure of your education…

— Kent Nerburn

We live in a world alive with holy moments. We need only take the time to bring these moments into the light.

— Kent Nerburn

Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance, and none can say while some fields will…

— Kent Nerburn

...Good leaders wait to be called and they give up their power when they are no longer needed. Selfish men and fools…

— Kent Nerburn

We wake up one day and find we have lost our dreams in order to protect our days.

— Kent Nerburn

“What is needed is only a pausing of the heart so the spirit can take wing and be lifted toward the infinite.”

— Kent Nerburn

It is not our task to judge the worthiness of our path; it is our task to walk our path with worthiness.

— Kent Nerburn

“You destroyed it with crosses and diseases and whiskey and guns.”

— 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…

— Kent Nerburn

We measure our presence in generations; we cannot dig down ten thousand years and find our bones. Our arrival is scribed upon…

— Kent Nerburn

“Now is the moment when I must pause and lift my heart — now, before the day fragments and my consciousness shatters…

— Kent Nerburn

When all the words have been written, and all the phrases have been spoken, the great mystery of life will still remain.…

— Kent Nerburn

“Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room and being aware of the space around you. It is a condition of separateness.…

— Kent Nerburn

In a perfect world perhaps we would all see more clearly. But this is not a perfect world, and it is enough…

— Kent Nerburn

In times past there were rituals of passage that conducted a boy into manhood, where other men passed along the wisdom and…

— Kent Nerburn

This is not to say that becoming a father automatically makes you a good father. Fatherhood, like marriage, is a constant struggle…

— Kent Nerburn

Forgiveness is an embrace, across all barriers, against all odds, in defiance of all that is mean and petty and vindictive and…

— Kent Nerburn

You want to know how to be like indians? Live close to the earth. Get rid of some of your things. Help…

— Kent Nerburn

Remember that you don't choose love; love chooses you. All you really can do is accept it for all its mystery when…

— Kent Nerburn

Our life is a work of art. We must seek always to be its artist.

— Kent Nerburn

Our actions in this world, and our ability to rise above the limits of our own self-interest, live on far beyond us…

— Kent Nerburn

Place yourself among those who carry on their lives with passion, and true learning will take place, no matter how humble or…

— Kent Nerburn

Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to…

— Kent Nerburn