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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Parker J. Palmer

The spiritual life is about becoming more at home in your own skin.

— 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…

— 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.

— 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…

— 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.

— Parker J. Palmer

My high school, like most high schools, had a pretty rigid stratification system. Kids were clustered into groups - the studious ones,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Parker J. Palmer

Even though kids may have planned for months for the trip to Disneyland, some may be feeling very homesick, very forlorn, or…

— Parker J. Palmer

You don't become a good teacher by applying techniques; you don't become a good teacher by using the latest hot methodologies that…

— Parker J. Palmer

Wholeness does not mean perfection: it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life.

— Parker J. Palmer

We continually make decisions in private which affect the commonweal, as the ecologists (to take but one example) have shown us. When…

— Parker J. Palmer

The ancient human question 'Who am I?' leads inevitably to the equally important question 'Whose am I?' - for there is no…

— Parker J. Palmer

At its deepest level, I think teaching is about bringing people into communion with each other, with yourself as the teacher, and…

— Parker J. Palmer

By surviving passages of doubt and depression on the vocational journey, I have become clear about at least one thing: self-care is…

— Parker J. Palmer

Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I…

— Parker J. Palmer

I am not sure that any sight or sound on earth is as exquisite as the hushed descent of a sky full…

— Parker J. Palmer

“Long into my career I harbored a secret sense that thinking and reading and writing, as much as I loved them, did…

— Parker J. Palmer