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Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
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When one flower blooms spring awakens everywhere
— John O'Donohue
A friend is a loved one who awakens your life in order to free the wild possibilities within you.
— John O'Donohue
Sometimes ideas hold us down; they become heavy anchors that hold the bark of identity fixated in shallow, dead water.
— John O'Donohue
Consumerism is the worship of the god of quantity; advertising is its liturgy. Advertising is schooling in false longing.
— John O'Donohue
We are custodians of deep and ancient thresholds. In the human face you see that potential and the miracle of undying possibility.
— John O'Donohue
May my life flow like a river, ever surprised by its own unfolding.
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A horizon is something towards which we move, but it's also something that moves along with us - Hans Georg Gadamer (Truth and Method)
— John O'Donohue
The mind is an old crow/Who knows only to gather dead twigs
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It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you.
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The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness.
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A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen.
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When a blessing is invoked, a window opens in eternal time.
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We are privileged, and the duty of privilege is absolute integrity.
— John O'Donohue
It's strange to be here, the mystery never leaves you alone.
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Each of us is a secret envoi of the earth. We
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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
Poetry is the place where language in its silence is most beautifully articulated. Poetry is the language of silence.
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Everything in the world of soul has a deep desire and longing for visible form; this is exactly where the power of the imagination lives.
— John O'Donohue
Imitate the habit of twilight,/Taking time to open the well of color/That fostered the brightness of day.
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Let the flame of anger free you of all falsity.
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If you allow yourself to be the person you are then everything will come into rhythm.
— John O'Donohue
An unknown world aspires toward reflection.
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Each one of us was sent here for a special destiny.
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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.
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At a deeper level, each person is the custodian of a completely private, individual world.
— John O'Donohue
Often regret is very false and displaced, and imagines the past to be totally other than it was.
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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
Nature is the direct expression of the divine imagination.
— John O'Donohue
The essence of who you are is ultimately mysterious, ungraspable and numinous-completely different from every other structure of matter.
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I am sure of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections.
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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
The duty of priviledge is absolute intregity
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Habit is a strong invisible prison.
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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.
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To gaze into the face of another is to gaze into the depth and entirety of his life.
— John O'Donohue
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
The human journey is a continuous act of transfiguration.
— John O'Donohue
I would love to live like a river flows,carried by the surprise of its own unfolding. — John O'Donohue
Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits.
— John O'Donohue
Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become.
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Grace is the permanent climate of divine kindness; the perennial infusion of springtime into the winter of bleakness.
— John O'Donohue
We live in an intense and visually aggressive age; everything is drawn outward toward the sensation of the image.
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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
All human creativity issues from the urgency of longing.
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One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen.
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Functionalism is lethal when it is not balanced by a sense of reverence. Without reverence, there is no sense of presence or wonder.
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In our mediocrity and distraction, we forget that we are privileged to live in a wondrous universe.
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A book is a path of words which takes the heart in new directions.
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May I live this day ... Compassionate of heart, / Gentle in word, / Gracious in awareness / Courageous in thought, / Generous in love / Eternal Echoes
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When you listen with your soul, you come into rhythm and unity with the music of the universe.
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The Celtic mind was not burdened by dualism. It did not separate what belongs together
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The infinite is a light sleeper. The moment the self awakens, the force of the infinite begins to stir.
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Take time to see the quiet miracles thatseek no attention — John O'Donohue
The secret dream of thought is to enfold everything within the contour of the idea.
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The best decision I ever made was to become a priest and I think the second best was to resign.
— John O'Donohue
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
Friendship is a creative and subversive force. It claims that intimacy is the secret law of life and universe.
— John O'Donohue
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
When you steal a people's language, you leave their soul bewildered.
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So much depends not on how awkward destiny is, but rather on how openly it is embraced.
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Light is incredibly generous, but also gentle.
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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
Fear changes into courage, emptiness becomes plenitude, and distance becomes intimacy.
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On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you.
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Silence is the voice of the mystery. Silence let us dream again.
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Your soul is the priestess of memory, selecting, sifting, and ultimately gathering your vanishing days toward presence.
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We do not need to operate according to the idea of a predetermined program for our lives.
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To be spontaneous is to escape the cage of the ego by trusting that which is beyond the self.
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Inspiration is always a surprising visitor.
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Fashioned from the earth, we are souls in clay form. We need to remain in rhythm with our inner clay voice and longing.
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A person's beauty is sophisticated and sacred and is far beyond image, appearance or personality.
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The most powerful way to change your life is to change your mind.
— John O'Donohue
Patrick Kavanagh put it, preparing for life rather than living it.
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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.
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The unity of four elements is what constitutes and sustains our existence in this world.
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Wisdom is the art of being courageous and generous with the unknown.
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To have true integrity, poise, and courage is to be attuned to the silent and invisible nature within you.
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The world rests in the night.
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Your life becomes the shape of the days you inhabit.
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Though cruel now, it serves a deeper kindness, Wise to the larger call of growth. It invites us to humility And the painstaking work of acceptance So
— John O'Donohue
The false burdens fall away. We come into rhythm with ourselves. Our clay shape gradually learns to walk beautifully on this magnificent earth. A
— John O'Donohue
For millions of years, an ancient conversation has continued between the chorus of the ocean and the silence of the stone.
— John O'Donohue
The one you love, your anam cara, your soul friend, is the truest mirror to reflect your soul.
— John O'Donohue
