The great heresy in American popular religion is the notion that “religion is a private affair,” a secret contract between the believer and God. This individualistic heresy makes Jesus into a close, personal friend who listens, comforts, sustains, confirms, agrees,...
When you listen to and read one thinker, you become a clone; Two different thinkers, you become confused; Ten thinkers, you’ll begin developing your own voice; Two or three hundred thinkers, you become wise.
I’ve never known a person to change his/her mind on social media, or in real life, when someone yelled at them or put them down, regardless of the subject. On the other hand, I have been personally changed by people who I know care about me, listen to me, and love me....
A gentle person treads lightly, listens carefully, and touches with reverence... Let's dress ourselves with gentleness.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
The first duty of love is to listen.
A wounded healer is someone who can listen to a person in pain without having to speak about his or her own wounds.
Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.
[Written in 1948] How are we to live in an atomic age?’ I am tempted to reply: ‘Why, as you would have lived in the sixteenth century when the plague visited London almost every year, or as you would have lived in a Viking age when raiders from Scandinavia might land...
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be...