Barbara Brown Taylor

"Kindness is not something we can do just once in a while; kindness is who we become."

"The wounds are where the light gets in."

"I am attracted to those churches that take seriously the whole counsel of Scripture and seriously the world around us."

"You cannot love another person if you do not love yourself."

"The practice of faith is not about achieving perfection; it is about transformation."

"There is no greater revolution than changing the way you see yourself."

"The God I know best is the God I encounter in scripture and in silence and in the faces of those around me."

"We are called to be prophets, not in the sense of predicting the future but in the sense of telling the truth about what we see."

"The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the body that you have."

"Learning to see what is right in front of you is a lifetime practice."

"I write about what it means to be a faithful human being in this world."

"A good life is not one without sadness, but one in which we allow all of our emotions."

"The most important thing you can do is show up and pay attention."

"Spiritual maturity is not about having all the answers; it is about learning to live the questions."

"Your deepest relationships will demand the most of you."

"The practice of faith is learned in the details of daily life."

"You cannot become who you are meant to be by imitating someone else."

"The most dangerous prayer is the one where we ask God to change the world."

"Hospitality is not about having a perfect home; it is about offering your presence."

"The moments that matter most are the ones where we forget ourselves."

"God's love is not conditional upon your performance."

"The spiritual life is not something we can put on hold until we have time for it."

"We are all works in progress."

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."

"Beauty is everywhere if we have eyes to see it."

"The greatest gift we can give another person is our undivided attention."

"Life is not about finding yourself; it is about creating yourself."

"The practice of prayer is the practice of paying attention to God."

"We are not called to be successful; we are called to be faithful."

"The God who made you did not make a mistake."