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Barbara Brown Taylor Quotes: I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place.
         

I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place.


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Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.



The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the world the same way they do.

The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the world the same way they do.



Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it.

Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it.



Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds and when it fails.

Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds and when it fails.



Our waiting is not nothing. It is something -- a very big something -- because people tend to be shaped by whatever it is they are waiting for.

Our waiting is not nothing. It is something -- a very big something -- because people tend to be shaped by whatever it is they are waiting for.



We are born seekers, calling strange names into the darkness from our earliest days because we know we are not meant to be alone, and because we know that we await someone whom we cannot always see.

We are born seekers, calling strange names into the darkness from our earliest days because we know we are not meant to be alone, and because we know that we await someone whom we cannot always see.



As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.

As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.



Kindness is not a bad religion, no matter what name you use for God.

Kindness is not a bad religion, no matter what name you use for God.



Day by day we are given not what we want but what we need. Sometimes it is a feast and sometimes...swept crumbs, but by faith we believe it is enough.

Day by day we are given not what we want but what we need. Sometimes it is a feast and sometimes...swept crumbs, but by faith we believe it is enough.



I think we d like life to be like a train..but it turns out to be a sailboat.

I think we d like life to be like a train..but it turns out to be a sailboat.





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The best way to avoid a catastrophic conflict of beliefs is to be more compassionate about other people’s beliefs as long as they do not advocate for prejudices, bigotry and sectarianism.



He reached out and intertwined our hands. Gently urging me forward he whispered, “Have I lost you love?

He reached out and intertwined our hands. Gently urging me forward he whispered, “Have I lost you love?



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Between threading a needle and raving insanity is the smallest eye in creation.



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I have a much easier time imagining how we would understand the big bang, even though we can't do it yet, than I can imagine understanding consciousness.



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Constant talkers are unheard.



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No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.



Some of them are working very hard indeed. “What are they doing?” “My boy!” he said, eyebrows raised. As if nothing could be more obvious. “They are reading!

Some of them are working very hard indeed. “What are they doing?” “My boy!” he said, eyebrows raised. As if nothing could be more obvious. “They are reading!



For you see, each day I love you more. Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.

For you see, each day I love you more. Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.



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I'm walking this walk and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world. It's all God! How do I function within His plan?



Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense I am not, for though I often photograph where the tragic emotion is present, the result is almost invariably affirmative.

Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense I am not, for though I often photograph where the tragic emotion is present, the result is almost invariably affirmative.




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