Top 7 Quotes by Kate Horsley

It is better to listen to a crow that lives in trees than to a learned man who lives only in ideas.

It is better to listen to a crow that lives in trees than to a learned man who lives only in ideas.

Wisdom, Men, Ideas

Teaching is a sacred art. This is why the noblest druid is not the one who conjures fires and smoke but the one who brings the news and passes on the histories. The teacher, the bard, the singer of tales is a freer of men's minds and bodies, especially when he roams without allegiance to one chieftain or another. But he is also a danger to the masters if he insists upon telling the truth. The truth will inevitably cause tremors in those who cling to power without honoring justice.

Kate Horsley

Teacher, Art, Teaching

Kate Horsley (2002). “Confessions of a Pagan Nun: A Novel”, p.87, Shambhala Publications

It is noble to pity a man who is cruel because he is weak, but it is idiotic and dangerous to allow him to have power.

Kate Horsley

Men, Noble, Pity

Kate Horsley (2002). “Confessions of a Pagan Nun: A Novel”, p.134, Shambhala Publications

I would live in a world of Christ-like humans, but not one full of Christians, may God forgive me.

Kate Horsley

Christian, Forgive Me, Forgiving

Use words to please, to instruct, to soothe. Then stop speaking.

Kate Horsley

Use, Please

Kate Horsley (2002). “Confessions of a Pagan Nun: A Novel”, p.142, Shambhala Publications

Among all the wisdom and facts I learned from Giannon, I also learned the loneliness of incarnation, in which there is inevitably a separation of souls because of the uniqueness of our faces and our experiences. And I learned also the moments when the current of my life joins the current of another life, and I can glimpse for a moment the one flowing body of water we all compose.

Kate Horsley

Loneliness, Water, Soul

Kate Horsley (2002). “Confessions of a Pagan Nun: A Novel”, p.86, Shambhala Publications