Giving Quotes by Richard Rohr

To give, and not demand that others receive . . . that is the crossover point to maturity. . .

— Richard Rohr

The Gospel gives our suffering personal and cosmic meaning, by connecting our pain to the pain of others, and finally, by connecting…

— Richard Rohr

The more one gives one's self in creative union with another, the more one becomes one's self.

— Richard Rohr

The important thing is the willingness to give back the gift that is you, not the perfection of the gift itself. Can…

— Richard Rohr

If God continues to give me health and a sane mind and verbal ability, I want to teach.

— Richard Rohr

I think most human beings are dualistic thinkers. It gets them through the day. It gives them a sense of superiority and…

— Richard Rohr

God, give me a good humiliation every day. It's good for the soul and it's good for the ego.

— Richard Rohr

The Gospel gives human suffering deep, personal, and cosmic meaning, by connecting our pain to the pain of others and, finally, by…

— Richard Rohr

Jesus is much more concerned about shaking your foundations, giving you an utterly alternative self image, world image, and God image, and…

— Richard Rohr

You do need some successes as a young person. They don't inflate the ego necessarily, they just give you identity and ego…

— Richard Rohr

In silence all our usual patterns assault us ... That is why most people give up rather quickly. When Jesus was led…

— Richard Rohr

When you do the first half of life well, you have a good sense of yourself. Most of our mainline Christian denominations,…

— Richard Rohr

The fears that assault us are mostly simple anxieties about social skills, about intimacy, about likeableness, or about performance. We need not…

— Richard Rohr

If you work with such people almost on the level of spiritual direction, you see that they are people who prefer a…

— Richard Rohr

People will often, almost always, prefer a male God. A male image of God gives them this sense of security, safety, order,…

— Richard Rohr