185 Quotes by Mark Nepo

Kindness is the antidote to everything. Just as water soothes fire, kindness calms how we burn each other from time to time. And under all the ways we burn and hurt, there’s the soft and lasting presence we were born with, waiting to blossom in the midst of any trouble.

Birds learn how to fly, never knowing where flight will take them.

In truth, the more we lean into life, the more we authentically interact with the world, the brighter our flame.

To journey without being changed is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and be transformed by the journey is to be a pilgrim.

Repetition is not failure. Ask the waves, ask the leaves, ask the wind.

A love astounds us or a pain consumes us and we forget that we glow on our own.

As the seed buried in the earth cannot imagine itself as an orchid or hyacinth, neither can a heart packed with hurt imagine itself loved or at peace. The courage of the seed is that once cracking, it cracks all the way.

Having an honest friend-one before whom you can dump all your heart’s pockets and still feel that you are worth something-is a form of wealth that will buy you nothing but will give you everything. And mysteriously and rightly, to find such a friend, we must be such a friend.

To love by admitting our connection to everything is how we stay well.