If I try to be or do something noble that has nothing to do with who I am, I may look good to others and to myself for a while. But the fact that I an exceeding my limits will eventually have consequences. I will distort myself, the other, and our relationship—and may end up doing more damage than if I had never set out to do this particular good.


p. 47 - Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation (1999)

Parker Palmer Quotes

If I try to be or do something noble that has nothing to do with who I am, I may look good to others and to myself for a while. But the fact that I...

If I try to be or do something noble that has nothing to do with who I am, I may look good to others and to myself for a while. But the fact that I...

If I try to be or do something noble that has nothing to do with who I am, I may look good to others and to myself for a while. But the fact that I...

If I try to be or do something noble that has nothing to do with who I am, I may look good to others and to myself for a while. But the fact that I...