Henri Nouwen once asked Mother Teresa for spiritual direction. “Spend one hour each day in adoration of your Lord,” she said, “and never do anything you know is wrong. Follow this and you’ll be fine.”
“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” (Eleanor Roosevelt)
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
“When a person realizes he has been deeply heard, his eyes moisten. I think in some real sense he is weeping for joy. It is as though he were saying, ‘Thank God, somebody heard me. Someone knows what it’s like to be me.’” (Carl Rogers)
“In my early professional years, I was asking the question: ‘How can I treat, or cure, or change this person?’ Now I would phrase the question in this way: ‘How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?’” (Carl Rogers)
“I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.” (Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
“Listening is active. At its most basic level, it’s about focus, paying attention.” (Simon Sinek)
“Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.” (Thich Nhat Hanh)
“No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” (Theodore Roosevelt)
“I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.” (Roger Ebert)
“It is easier to find guides, someone to tell you what to do, than someone to be with you in a discerning, prayerful companionship as you work it out yourself. This is what spiritual direction is.” (Eugene H. Peterson)
“In spiritual direction there is absolutely no domination or control.” (Richard J Foster)
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