Choosing People Quotes by Richard Rohr

“We have become human doings more than human beings, and the verb “rest,” as Jesus uses it, is largely foreign to us.”

— Richard Rohr

In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well.

— Richard Rohr

If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it.

— Richard Rohr

In solitude, at last, we’re able to let God define us the way we are always supposed to be defined—by relationship: the I-thou relationship,…

— Richard Rohr

Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others.

— Richard Rohr

You cannot grow in the integrative dance of action and contemplation without a strong tolerance for ambiguity, an ability to allow, forgive, and contain…

— Richard Rohr

“In the end, we do not so much reclaim what we have lost as discover a significantly new self in and through the process.…

— Richard Rohr

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those…

— Richard Rohr

“I would wonder if you could be a hero or heroine if you did not live in deep time, that is, Past, present, and…

— Richard Rohr

Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

— Richard Rohr

“I believe contemplation shows us that nothing inside us is as bad as our hatred and denial of the bad. Hating and denying it…

— Richard Rohr

We don't have much wisdom about the second half when things really open up and end up looking a lot more progressive. In my…

— Richard Rohr