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We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

— Stephen Covey Misattributed

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Notes from Wikiquote

A paraphrase of De Chardin's statement which has also become misattributed to Covey.

Variants

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.

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