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Often Quotes by Rachel Naomi Remen
- When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time.
- Most people have come to prefer certain of lifes experiences and deny and reject others, unaware of the value of the hidden things that may…
- Those who wish to change things may face disappointment, loss, or even ridicule. If you are ahead of your time, people laugh as often as…
- Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom…
- In this culture the soul and the heart too often go homeless. Listening creates a holy silence. When you listen generously to people, they can…
- One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted her to tell her that they once had…
- This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. it certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young. I…
- Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar…
- What we do to survive is often different from what we may need to do in order to live.
- Chances are that any helpful two-year-old will break some eggs. We are often not very good at things when we are new. But there may…
- Until we stop ourselves or, more often, have been stopped, we hope to put certain of life's events "behind us" and get on with our…
- The wisdom in the story of the most educated and powerful person is often not greater than the wisdom in the story of a child,…
- Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar…
- The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each…
More Often Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The simplest things are often the truest. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I… — J. J. Abrams
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. — Arthur Ashe
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange