Malidoma Patrice Some Quotes

As long as we are not ourselves, we will try to be what other people are.

Healing comes when the individual remembers his or her identity—the purpose chosen in the world of ancestral wisdom—and reconnects with that world of Spirit.

One can say, 'Teach me what you know,' but the better request is, 'Teach me about what teaches you.'

The power of nature exists in its silence. Human words cannot encode the meaning because human language has access only to the shadow of meaning.

The spiritual thirst that is latent in everybody can never come to a place of fulfillment unless people begin to think of each other as potential brothers and sisters.

Our souls do not like stagnation. Our souls aspire toward growth, that is, toward remembering all that we have forgotten due to our trip to this place, the earth.