Barbara Brown Taylor

"Love is the only force that can both break and heal a human heart."

"Ambition without compassion is just tyranny wearing a business suit."

"The kingdom of God is not about winning arguments; it's about transforming hearts."

"We serve a God who leaves the ninety-nine to search for the one."

"Truth without love is brutality; love without truth is sentimentality."

"Our deepest fear is not that we are unworthy, but that we are powerful beyond measure."

"I have never known a person who was not at least partly saved by something."

"The resurrection is not about life after death; it's about life after life."

"We are all just trying to make it through the day with our humanity intact."

"Forgiveness is not about letting the other person off the hook; it's about letting yourself off."

"The hardest spiritual practice is simply showing up as we are."

"God does not need our defense. God needs our honesty."

"We are not here to fix the world; we are here to love it."

"The most honest prayer I know is simply 'help me.'"

"We confuse prayer with getting what we want. Prayer is learning what we truly need."

"Anxiety is the space between where we are and where we think we should be."

"We cannot simultaneously fear the future and embrace the present moment."

"The divine dwells not in the temple made of stone, but in the temple of the human heart."

"Integrity is choosing right even when no one is watching."

"We are all born with original blessing, not original sin."

"The spiritual life is not about becoming someone else; it's about becoming yourself."

"We hurt others when we forget that they are also struggling."

"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is moving forward despite it."

"The greatest gift we can offer another is our genuine presence."

"We are not required to finish the work, but neither are we free to abandon it."

"Gratitude is the antidote to entitlement."

"We cannot serve two masters: fear and love. Choose love."

"The question is not whether we have a purpose, but whether we are willing to live it."

"Holiness is not about being perfect; it's about being whole."

"We are so afraid of disappointing others that we disappoint ourselves."