If I'm going to continue to be any kind of spiritual teacher, I've got to go deeper myself. And so for me,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Silence is the necessary space around things that allows them to develop and flourish without my pushing. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The simplest spiritual discipline is some degree of solitude and silence. But it's the hardest, because none of us want to be… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
In silence all our usual patterns assault us ... That is why most people give up rather quickly. When Jesus was led… — 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
![“If I'm going to continue to be any kind of spiritual teacher, I've got to go deeper myself. And so for me, [I am] preserving long periods of solitude, silence, prayer, journaling, study, writing. I don't turn on music or the TV unless I really need to.” quote by Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d6a/richard-rohr-618_deeper_if-i-m-going-to-continue-to-be-any-kind_270254.jpg)
