I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy.
Parker J. PalmerThe inner life of any great thing will be incomprehensible to me until I develop and deepen an inner life of my own.
Parker J. PalmerMy high school, like most high schools, had a pretty rigid stratification system. Kids were clustered into groups - the studious ones, the athletes, the popular ones - and we never crossed paths with each other. You stayed in your air-tight group, and you were suspicious of people in other groups.
Parker J. Palmer... circles of trust ... are a rare form of community - one that supports rather than supplants the individual quest for integrity - that is rooted in two basic beliefs. First, we all have an inner teacher whose guidance is more reliable than anything we can get from a doctrine, ideology, collective belief system, institution, or leader. Second, we all need other people to invite, amplify, and help us discern the inner teacher's voice.
Parker J. Palmer