Barbara Brown Taylor

"We are all broken; that is what we have in common."

"The most radical thing we can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world."

"God is not a homogenous deity who wants everyone to be the same."

"Pay attention to what has heart and meaning for you."

"The bushes around us are burning with the fire of God, but we only see them when we take our shoes off."

"Despair is the conviction that tomorrow will be just like today."

"Every life is a testimony to grace or its absence."

"We are not bodies that have souls; we are souls that have bodies."

"The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty."

"Boredom is often the feeling we get when we are not paying attention."

"Real power is the ability to do good things for the people you love."

"Maturity means learning to live in the present moment without judgment."

"The spiritual life is about falling in love with what is real."

"We are all just one generation away from thinking differently about things."

"Beauty is the light that comes through when we stop trying so hard."

"Anxiety is the space between now and later."

"God's love is not a reward we earn but a gift we receive."

"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."

"We are shaped by our friendships more than by our solitude."

"The most important thing is not what we believe but how we live."

"Practicing presence is the most radical form of resistance."

"Love is the only force that can heal the brokenness we carry."

"Death is not the opposite of life but the context that gives it meaning."

"We are most fully alive when we are serving something larger than ourselves."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but the decision to act anyway."

"The questions we ask are more important than the answers we find."

"Rest is not laziness; it is an act of spiritual defiance."

"Every person we meet is dealing with something we know nothing about."

"The most honest prayer we can pray is simply: I don't know."

"Gratitude is the practice of noticing what is right instead of what is wrong."