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Lives Quotes by Parker J. Palmer
- In classical understanding, education is the attempt to "lead out" from within the self a core of wisdom that has the power to resist falsehood…
- We are exploring together. We are cultivating a garden together, backs to the sun. The question is a hoe in our hands and we are…
- By surviving passages of doubt and depression on the vocational journey, I have become clear about at least one thing: self-care is never a selfish…
- Authority is granted to people who are perceived as authoring their own words, their own actions, their own lives, rather than playing a scripted role…
- 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…
- Fear is so fundamental to the human condition that all the great spiritual traditions originate in an effort to overcome its effects on our lives.…
- There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and politics, the mass…
- 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…
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- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend… — Julian Assange
- Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world,… — Chinua Achebe
- The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between… — David Attenborough
- I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of… — David Attenborough
- I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones, and when… — Margaret Atwood
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions… — Saint Augustine
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. — Marcus Aurelius