"The great wisdom traditions of the world all……" — Barbara Brown Taylor
"The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed."
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35 Quotes by Barbara Brown Taylor
Barbara Brown Taylor has 35 quotes on this site.
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The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what…
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Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what…
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No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the…
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Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.
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With so much effort being poured into church growth, so much press being given to the benefits of faith, and…
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What is saving my life now is the conviction that there is no spiritual treasure to be found apart from…
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There comes a time when it is vitally important for your spiritual health to drop your clothes, look in the…
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What I noticed at Grace-Calvary is the same thing I notice whenever people aim to solve their conflicts with one…
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Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you…
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The effort to untangle the human words from the divine seems not only futile to me but also unnecessary, since…
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If churches saw their mission in the same way, there is no telling what might happen. What if people were…
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I discovered a version of the sinner's prayer that increased my faith far more than the one that I had…
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All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of…
— Theodor Adorno
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I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so…
— Pearl S. Buck
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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be…
— Eric Clapton
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Before my accident I was a little too... selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place…
— Rick Allen
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I feel like I'm part of a generation of people who are stuck in the past and are really self-absorbed.…
— Diablo Cody
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Appreciation of works of art requires organized effort and systematic study. Art appreciation can no more be absorbed by aimless…
— Albert Barnes
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It's not what you get out of life that counts. Break your mirrors! In our society that is so self-absorbed,…
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Loving yourself...does not mean being self-absorbed or narcissistic, or disregarding others. Rather it means welcoming yourself as the most honored…
— Margot Anand
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Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not…
— Mary Parker Follett
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Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly…
— Leo Rosten
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Remember this: When I am gone, only love can take my place. Be absorbed night and day in the love…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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I think that whenever soul is present, it's because what you're doing, whom you're with, where you are, evokes love…
— Jean Shinoda Bolen
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