Simple Truths Quotes

“The true measure of your education is not what you know, but how you share what you know with others.”
― Kent Nerburn, Simple Truths: Clear and Simple Guidance on the Big Issues in Life

“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a life lived chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.       I”
― Kent Nerburn, Simple Truths : Clear and Gentle Guidance on the Big Issues in Life: Clear and Simple Guidance on the Big Issues in Life

“The human being is a surprisingly resilient organism. We are impelled toward health not sickness. Your spirit, as surely as your body, will try to heal....So you should not fear tragedy and suffering. Like love, they make you more a part of the human family. From them can come your greatest creativity. They are the fire that burns you pure.”
― Kent Nerburn, Simple Truths: Clear and Simple Guidance on the Big Issues in Life

“But true giving is not an economic exchange; it is a generative act. It does not subtract from what we have; it multiplies the effect we can have in the world.       Many”
― Kent Nerburn, Simple Truths : Clear and Gentle Guidance on the Big Issues in Life: Clear and Simple Guidance on the Big Issues in Life

“Nothing should be worth more to you than its value in helping you live your life. If you are willing to slough off the past, even at a loss, you are keeping yourself free, and your world continues to grow. If you insist on holding to some abstract valuation, you are being held hostage by that possession, and you are trapped in a prison of your own devising.”
― Kent Nerburn, Simple Truths : Clear and Gentle Guidance on the Big Issues in Life: Clear and Simple Guidance on the Big Issues in Life

“If we find ourselves tempted to celebrate one approach over the other, we should remember the caution of the Chinese sage Confucius, who told his followers, “Study without thinking and you are blind; think without studying and you are in danger.”       Formal”
― Kent Nerburn, Simple Truths : Clear and Gentle Guidance on the Big Issues in Life: Clear and Simple Guidance on the Big Issues in Life