Parker J. Palmer Quotes About Reality

Quotes about: Reality

• Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it means never living apart from one's self. It is not about the absence of other people -- it is about being fully present to ourselves, whether or not we are with others. Community does not necessarily mean living face-to-face with others; rather, it means never losing the awareness that we are connected to each other. It is not about the presence of other people -- it is about being fully open to the reality of relationship, whether or not we are alone.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Mean, Reality, Self

• Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily about reality...an effort to penetrate the illusions of the external world and to name its underlying truth.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Spiritual, Reality, Names

• I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Reality, Thinking

  "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. February 20, 2009.

• ... the stranger is not a threat but an opportunity to grow in my view of reality, to grow in my own sense of possibility

  Parker J. Palmer

  Opportunity, Reality, Views

• I understand that there are forms of entertainment that can make people weep or jazz them up so they feel like they have had an experience. But I also know that an hour later that's faded and you are back to the difficult realities of your own life. And we need to help people know how to go beyond those difficulties to a place where God dwells.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Reality, People, Needs

  "The Teacher's Journey: An Interview with Parker J. Palmer". Interview with Ron Jackson, www.youthworker.com.

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