Parker J. Palmer Quotes

• Science requires an engagement with the world, a live encounter between the knower and the known.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Topics in Knowledge

  Tags in School, Science

• Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human being seeks — we will also find our path of authentic service in the world.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Topics in Inspirational, Service

  Tags in Integrity/Individuality, Diversity

• Community is that place where the person you least want to live with always lives.

  And when that person moves away, someone else arises to take his or her place.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Topics in Challenge

  Tags in Change/Growth, Diversity, Community, Difficulties

• Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Topics in Life, Work

  Tags in Identity, Listening

• We need a coat with two pockets. In one pocket there is dust, and in the other pocket there is gold. We need a coat with two pockets to remind us who we are.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Integrity/Individuality, Change/Growth, Worth

• I want my inner truth to be the plumb line for the choices I make about my life — about the work that I do and how I do it, about the relationships I enter into and how I conduct them.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Topics in Life, Truth, Work

  Tags in Integrity/Individuality, Relationships

• Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Topics in Education

• In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Topics in Education

  Tags in Identity

Parker J. Palmer (8)

Birth:	1939
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist, Author, Educator

About

Palmer attended Carleton College as an undergraduate and received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970. Palmer served for fifteen years as Senior Associate of the now defunct American Association of Higher Education. He is the founder and Senior Partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal, which oversees the “Courage to Teach” program for K-12 educators across the country and parallel programs for people in other professions, including medicine, law, ministry and philanthropy.

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