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John O'Donohue quotes: Beauty is the illumination of your soul. Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
John O'Donohue quotes: When one flower blooms spring awakens everywhere When one flower blooms spring awakens everywhere
John O'Donohue quotes: A friend is a loved one who awakens your life in order to free the wild possibilities within you. A friend is a loved one who awakens your life in order to free the wild possibilities within you.
John O'Donohue quotes: Sometimes ideas hold us down; they become heavy anchors that hold the bark of identity fixated in shallow, dead water. Sometimes ideas hold us down; they become heavy anchors that hold the bark of identity fixated in shallow, dead water.
John O'Donohue quotes: May my life flow like a river, ever surprised by its own unfolding. May my life flow like a river, ever surprised by its own unfolding.
John O'Donohue quotes: The mind is an old crow/Who knows only to gather dead twigs The mind is an old crow/Who knows only to gather dead twigs
John O'Donohue quotes: It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you. It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you.
John O'Donohue quotes: The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness. The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness.
John O'Donohue quotes: A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen. A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen.
John O'Donohue quotes: When a blessing is invoked, a window opens in eternal time. When a blessing is invoked, a window opens in eternal time.
John O'Donohue quotes: When you've gone as far as you can go, quietly await your next beginning. When you've gone as far as you can go, quietly await your next beginning.
John O'Donohue quotes: It's strange to be here, the mystery never leaves you alone. It's strange to be here, the mystery never leaves you alone.
John O'Donohue quotes: Each of us is a secret envoi of the earth. We Each of us is a secret envoi of the earth. We
John O'Donohue quotes: A day is precious because each day is essentially the microcosm of your whole life. A day is precious because each day is essentially the microcosm of your whole life.
John O'Donohue quotes: Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition. Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition.
John O'Donohue quotes: May you respond to the call of your gift, and find the courage to follow its path. May you respond to the call of your gift, and find the courage to follow its path.
John O'Donohue quotes: So at the end of this day, we give thanksFor being betrothed to the unknown. So at the end of this day, we give thanks
For being betrothed to the unknown.
John O'Donohue quotes: If you have everything the world has to offer you, but you do not have love, then you are the poorest of the poorest of the poor. If you have everything the world has to offer you, but you do not have love, then you are the poorest of the poorest of the poor.
John O'Donohue quotes: We live in an intense and visually aggressive age; everything is drawn outward toward the sensation of the image. We live in an intense and visually aggressive age; everything is drawn outward toward the sensation of the image.
John O'Donohue quotes: Each one of us was sent here for a special destiny. Each one of us was sent here for a special destiny.
John O'Donohue quotes: At a deeper level, each person is the custodian of a completely private, individual world. At a deeper level, each person is the custodian of a completely private, individual world.
John O'Donohue quotes: Functionalism is lethal when it is not balanced by a sense of reverence. Without reverence, there is no sense of presence or wonder. Functionalism is lethal when it is not balanced by a sense of reverence. Without reverence, there is no sense of presence or wonder.
John O'Donohue quotes: Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits.
John O'Donohue quotes: In our mediocrity and distraction, we forget that we are privileged to live in a wondrous universe. In our mediocrity and distraction, we forget that we are privileged to live in a wondrous universe.
John O'Donohue quotes: To look at something that can gaze back at you, or that has a reserve and depth, can heal your eyes and deepen your sense of vision. To look at something that can gaze back at you, or that has a reserve and depth, can heal your eyes and deepen your sense of vision.
John O'Donohue quotes: All human creativity issues from the urgency of longing. All human creativity issues from the urgency of longing.
John O'Donohue quotes: To gaze into the face of another is to gaze into the depth and entirety of his life. To gaze into the face of another is to gaze into the depth and entirety of his life.
John O'Donohue quotes: In the name of the Fire,The FlameAnd the Light;Praise the pure presence of fireThat burns from withinWithout thought of time. In the name of the Fire,
The Flame
And the Light;
Praise the pure presence of fire
That burns from within
Without thought of time.
John O'Donohue quotes: May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder. May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.
John O'Donohue quotes: The human journey is a continuous act of transfiguration. The human journey is a continuous act of transfiguration.
John O'Donohue quotes: I would love to live like a river flows,carried by the surprise of its own unfolding. I would love to live like a river flows,
carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.
John O'Donohue quotes: Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become. Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become.
John O'Donohue quotes: Grace is the permanent climate of divine kindness; the perennial infusion of springtime into the winter of bleakness. Grace is the permanent climate of divine kindness; the perennial infusion of springtime into the winter of bleakness.
John O'Donohue quotes: Habit is a strong invisible prison. Habit is a strong invisible prison.
John O'Donohue quotes: One of the most precious things you should always preserve in a friendship and in love is your own difference. One of the most precious things you should always preserve in a friendship and in love is your own difference.
John O'Donohue quotes: May the nourishment of the earth be yours, may the clarity of light be yours, may the fluency of the ocean be yours, May the nourishment of the earth be yours, may the clarity of light be yours, may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
John O'Donohue quotes: Keep Something Beautiful in your Heart to Survive Difficult Times and Enjoy Good Times. Keep Something Beautiful in your Heart to Survive Difficult Times and Enjoy Good Times.
John O'Donohue quotes: The sacred duty of being an individual is to gradually learn how to live so as to awaken the eternal within you. The sacred duty of being an individual is to gradually learn how to live so as to awaken the eternal within you.
John O'Donohue quotes: We do not need to go out and find love; rather, we need to be still and let love discover us. We do not need to go out and find love; rather, we need to be still and let love discover us.
John O'Donohue quotes: Truth is paradox. Truth is paradox.
John O'Donohue quotes: When time is reduced to linear progress, it is emptied of presence. When time is reduced to linear progress, it is emptied of presence.
John O'Donohue quotes: If you have a trust in and an expectation of your own solitude, everything that you need to know will be revealed to you. If you have a trust in and an expectation of your own solitude, everything that you need to know will be revealed to you.
John O'Donohue quotes: The joyful heart sees and reads the world with a sense of freedom and graciousness. The joyful heart sees and reads the world with a sense of freedom and graciousness.
John O'Donohue quotes: There is an instinct that emerges when we get quiet with people. We know who's close. There is an instinct that emerges when we get quiet with people. We know who's close.
John O'Donohue quotes: Human presence is a creative and turbulent sacrament, a visible sign of invisible grace. Human presence is a creative and turbulent sacrament, a visible sign of invisible grace.
John O'Donohue quotes: You lose the balance of your sould if you not learn to take care of yourself. You lose the balance of your sould if you not learn to take care of yourself.
John O'Donohue quotes: When you find the person you love, an act of ancient recognition brings you together. When you find the person you love, an act of ancient recognition brings you together.
John O'Donohue quotes: T. S. Eliot that say And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And to know the place for the first time. L T. S. Eliot that say And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And to know the place for the first time. L
John O'Donohue quotes: We are sent into the world to live to the full everything that awakens within us and everything that comes toward us. We are sent into the world to live to the full everything that awakens within us and everything that comes toward us.
John O'Donohue quotes: Each of us carries a unique world within our hearts. Each of us carries a unique world within our hearts.
John O'Donohue quotes: It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined, a face that has been deeply inhabited, to look in the eyes and find light there. It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined, a face that has been deeply inhabited, to look in the eyes and find light there.
John O'Donohue quotes: A friend is someone who wishes what is good for the other. A friend is someone who wishes what is good for the other.
John O'Donohue quotes: It is human longing that makes us holy. It is human longing that makes us holy.
John O'Donohue quotes: The duty of priviledge is absolute intregity The duty of priviledge is absolute intregity
John O'Donohue quotes: You can never love another person unless you are equally involved in the beautiful but difficult spiritual work of learning to love yourself. You can never love another person unless you are equally involved in the beautiful but difficult spiritual work of learning to love yourself.
John O'Donohue quotes: Let the flame of anger free you of all falsity. Let the flame of anger free you of all falsity.
John O'Donohue quotes: It's a dangerous thing to name yourself wrongly or to name yourself unjustly. It's a dangerous thing to name yourself wrongly or to name yourself unjustly.
John O'Donohue quotes: The one you love, your anam cara, your soul friend, is the truest mirror to reflect your soul. The one you love, your anam cara, your soul friend, is the truest mirror to reflect your soul.
John O'Donohue quotes: In order to inherit your freedom, you need to go towards it. You have to claim your own freedom before it becomes yours. In order to inherit your freedom, you need to go towards it. You have to claim your own freedom before it becomes yours.
John O'Donohue quotes: Creativity is rich with unexpected possibility. Know-how is mere fragmented mechanics which lacks tradition. Creativity is rich with unexpected possibility. Know-how is mere fragmented mechanics which lacks tradition.
John O'Donohue quotes: When you forgive, some deeper, divine generosity takes you over ... When you cannot forgive, you are a prisoner of the hurt done to you. When you forgive, some deeper, divine generosity takes you over ... When you cannot forgive, you are a prisoner of the hurt done to you.
John O'Donohue quotes: May I live this day ... Compassionate of heart, / Gentle in word, / Gracious in awareness / Courageous in thought, / Generous in love / Eternal Echoes May I live this day ... Compassionate of heart, / Gentle in word, / Gracious in awareness / Courageous in thought, / Generous in love / Eternal Echoes
John O'Donohue quotes: When you listen with your soul, you come into rhythm and unity with the music of the universe. When you listen with your soul, you come into rhythm and unity with the music of the universe.
John O'Donohue quotes: The Celtic mind was not burdened by dualism. It did not separate what belongs together The Celtic mind was not burdened by dualism. It did not separate what belongs together
John O'Donohue quotes: The infinite is a light sleeper. The moment the self awakens, the force of the infinite begins to stir. The infinite is a light sleeper. The moment the self awakens, the force of the infinite begins to stir.
John O'Donohue quotes: Take time to see the quiet miracles thatseek no attention Take time to see the quiet miracles that
seek no attention
John O'Donohue quotes: You can trust the promise of this opening;Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginningThat is at one with your life's desire. You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life's desire.
John O'Donohue quotes: For millions of years, an ancient conversation has continued between the chorus of the ocean and the silence of the stone. For millions of years, an ancient conversation has continued between the chorus of the ocean and the silence of the stone.
John O'Donohue quotes: A book is a path of words which takes the heart in new directions. A book is a path of words which takes the heart in new directions.
John O'Donohue quotes: When you steal a people's language, you leave their soul bewildered. When you steal a people's language, you leave their soul bewildered.
John O'Donohue quotes: So much depends not on how awkward destiny is, but rather on how openly it is embraced. So much depends not on how awkward destiny is, but rather on how openly it is embraced.
John O'Donohue quotes: Light is incredibly generous, but also gentle. Light is incredibly generous, but also gentle.
John O'Donohue quotes: I think the divine is like a huge smile that breaks somewhere in the sea within you, and gradually comes up again. I think the divine is like a huge smile that breaks somewhere in the sea within you, and gradually comes up again.
John O'Donohue quotes: Fear changes into courage, emptiness becomes plenitude, and distance becomes intimacy. Fear changes into courage, emptiness becomes plenitude, and distance becomes intimacy.
John O'Donohue quotes: Silence is the voice of the mystery. Silence let us dream again. Silence is the voice of the mystery. Silence let us dream again.
John O'Donohue quotes: Your soul is the priestess of memory, selecting, sifting, and ultimately gathering your vanishing days toward presence. Your soul is the priestess of memory, selecting, sifting, and ultimately gathering your vanishing days toward presence.
John O'Donohue quotes: We do not need to operate according to the idea of a predetermined program for our lives. We do not need to operate according to the idea of a predetermined program for our lives.
John O'Donohue quotes: The way you look at things is the most powerful force in shaping your life. The way you look at things is the most powerful force in shaping your life.
John O'Donohue quotes: Inspiration is always a surprising visitor. Inspiration is always a surprising visitor.
John O'Donohue quotes: Imitate the habit of twilight,/Taking time to open the well of color/That fostered the brightness of day. Imitate the habit of twilight,/Taking time to open the well of color/That fostered the brightness of day.
John O'Donohue quotes: The visible is only the shoreline of the magnificent ocean of the invisible. The visible is only the shoreline of the magnificent ocean of the invisible.
John O'Donohue quotes: Poetry is the place where language in its silence is most beautifully articulated. Poetry is the language of silence. Poetry is the place where language in its silence is most beautifully articulated. Poetry is the language of silence.
John O'Donohue quotes: A person's beauty is sophisticated and sacred and is far beyond image, appearance or personality. A person's beauty is sophisticated and sacred and is far beyond image, appearance or personality.
John O'Donohue quotes: To the judgmental eye, everything is closed in definitive frames. When the judgmental eye looks out, it sees things in terms of lines and squares. To the judgmental eye, everything is closed in definitive frames. When the judgmental eye looks out, it sees things in terms of lines and squares.
John O'Donohue quotes: Often regret is very false and displaced, and imagines the past to be totally other than it was. Often regret is very false and displaced, and imagines the past to be totally other than it was.
John O'Donohue quotes: Nature is the direct expression of the divine imagination. Nature is the direct expression of the divine imagination.
John O'Donohue quotes: The essence of who you are is ultimately mysterious, ungraspable and numinous-completely different from every other structure of matter. The essence of who you are is ultimately mysterious, ungraspable and numinous-completely different from every other structure of matter.
John O'Donohue quotes: I am sure of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections. I am sure of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections.
John O'Donohue quotes: I always was kind of on the edge of the church when I was fully in it, cos I was always asking the questions ... And I could never believe I always was kind of on the edge of the church when I was fully in it, cos I was always asking the questions ... And I could never believe blindly.
John O'Donohue quotes: An unknown world aspires toward reflection. An unknown world aspires toward reflection.
John O'Donohue quotes: Fashioned from the earth, we are souls in clay form. We need to remain in rhythm with our inner clay voice and longing. Fashioned from the earth, we are souls in clay form. We need to remain in rhythm with our inner clay voice and longing.
John O'Donohue quotes: The human face is the subtle yet visual autobiography of each person, The human face is the subtle yet visual autobiography of each person,
John O'Donohue quotes: Beauty is a free spirit and will not be trapped within the grid of intentionality. Beauty is a free spirit and will not be trapped within the grid of intentionality.
John O'Donohue quotes: The only difference between a young person at the height of their exuberance and a very old person who is frail and physically wasted is time. The only difference between a young person at the height of their exuberance and a very old person who is frail and physically wasted is time.
John O'Donohue quotes: The unity of four elements is what constitutes and sustains our existence in this world. The unity of four elements is what constitutes and sustains our existence in this world.
John O'Donohue quotes: The earth is full of thresholds where beauty awaits the wonder of our gaze. The earth is full of thresholds where beauty awaits the wonder of our gaze.
John O'Donohue quotes: To have true integrity, poise, and courage is to be attuned to the silent and invisible nature within you. To have true integrity, poise, and courage is to be attuned to the silent and invisible nature within you.
John O'Donohue quotes: The eternal world and the mortal world are not parallel, rather they are fused. The eternal world and the mortal world are not parallel, rather they are fused.
John O'Donohue quotes: The world rests in the night. The world rests in the night.
John O'Donohue quotes: The false burdens fall away. We come into rhythm with ourselves. Our clay shape gradually learns to walk beautifully on this magnificent earth. A The false burdens fall away. We come into rhythm with ourselves. Our clay shape gradually learns to walk beautifully on this magnificent earth. A

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