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Inner Quotes by 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 my soul onto…
- Afraid that our inner light will be extinguished or our inner darkness exposed, we hide our true identities from each other. In the process, we…
- In a culture of technique, we often confuse authority with power, but the two are not the same. Power works from the outside in, but…
- ... circles of trust ... are a rare form of community - one that supports rather than supplants the individual quest for integrity - that…
- As a young man, I yearned for the day when, rooted in the experience that comes only with age, I could do my work fearlessly.…
- I want my inner truth to be the plumb line for the choices I make about my life - about the work that I do…
- The academic bias against subjectivity not only forces our students to write poorly ("It is believed...," instead of, "I believe..."), it deforms their thinking about…
- If we want to grow as teachers -- we must do something alien to academic culture: we must talk to each other about our inner…
- Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these…
- Movements begin when oppressed people make - and keep remaking - a deeply inward decision to stop consenting to external demands that contradict a critical…
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- I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the… — Neil Armstrong
- Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality is no longer going to be… — J. G. Ballard
- The inner reality of love can be recognized only by love. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. — Edward Abbey
- Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest. — Charles Baudelaire
- You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge… — Glenn Beck
- Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. — Martha Beck
- Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of… — Elizabeth Berkley
- You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences. — Stella Adler
- In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for… — Mary J. Blige
- Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. — Aesop