“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
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“When tears come, I breathe deeply and rest. I know I am swimming in a hallowed stream where many have gone before. I am not alone, crazy, or having a nervous breakdown . . . My heart is at work. My soul is awake.”
― Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life
― Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life
“Some people are blinded by their experience. Soldiers know how important war is. Owners of slaves learn every day how inferior subject peoples are.”
― Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War
― Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War
“If you divide the world into them and us, and history into ours and theirs, or if you think of history as something only you and your affiliates possess, then no matter what you know, no matter how noble your intentions, you have taken one step toward the destruction of the world.”
― The Tree of Meaning: Thirteen Talks
― The Tree of Meaning: Thirteen Talks
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