Carl Moore

“I value ethical standards, of course. But in a culture like ours – which devalues or dismisses the reality and power of the inner life – ethics too often becomes an external code of conduct, an objective set of rules we are told to follow, a moral exoskeleton we put on hoping to prop ourselves up. The problem with exoskeletons is simple: we can slip them off as easily as we can don them.”
― Parker J. Palmer

“Bill Moyers has said, “The antidote, the only antidote, to the power of organized money in Washington is the power of organized people.”10”
― Parker J. Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit

“If we lived close to nature in an agricultural society, the seasons as metaphor and fact would continually frame our lives. But the master metaphor of our era does not come from agriculture - it comes from manufacturing. We do not believe that we 'grow' our lives - we believe that we 'make' them. Just listen to how we use the word in everyday speech: we make time, make friends, make meaning, make money, make a living, make love.”
― Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

“We listen for guidance everywhere except from within.”
― Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation