If God continues to give me health and a sane mind and verbal ability, I want to teach. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Our culture is almost entirely prepared to not just help you create your false self, but to get very identified with it… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity; Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Religion has in fact outdone culture in dualistic thinking - we've become as violent, as hateful toward our enemies, damning them to… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Notice that whenever we suffer pain, the mind is always quick to identify with the negative aspects of things and replay them… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
People who’ve had any genuine spiritual experience always know that they don’t know. They are utterly humbled before mystery. They are in… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“We have become human doings more than human beings, and the verb “rest,” as Jesus uses it, is largely foreign to us.” — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
