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> [As you grow, you develop the ideal of where your true belonging could be - the place, the home, the partner, and the work. You seldom achieve all the elements of the ideal, but it travels with you as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/as-you-grow-you-develop-the-ideal-of-where-your-true-belonging-could/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

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## Other authors on True Belonging

## More by John O'Donohue

> [I always was kind of on the edge of the church when I was fully in it , cos I was always asking the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/i-always-was-kind-of-on-the-edge-of-the-church-when-i-was-fully-in-it/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/real-friendship-or-love-is-not-manufactured-or-achieved-by-an-act-of/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined, a face that has been deeply inhabited, to look in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/it-is-lovely-to-meet-an-old-person-whose-face-is-deeply-lined-a-face/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [“For Someone Awakening To The Trauma of His or Her Past: For everything under the sun there is a time. This is the season…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/for-someone-awakening-to-the-trauma-of-his-or-her-past-for-everything/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [It is a strange and wonderful fact to be here, walking around in a body, to have a whole world within you and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/it-is-a-strange-and-wonderful-fact-to-be-here-walking-around-in-a/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [“If we could be mindful of how short our time is, we might learn how precious each day is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/if-we-could-be-mindful-of-how-short-our-time-is-we-might-learn-how/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [If you try to avoid or remove the awkward quality, it will pursue you. The only effective way to still its unease is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/if-you-try-to-avoid-or-remove-the-awkward-quality-it-will-pursue-you/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [A friend is a loved one who awakens your life in order to free the wild possibilities within you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/a-friend-is-a-loved-one-who-awakens-your-life-in-order-to-free-the/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [“There is a poetic import to the phrase ‘without a shadow of a doubt’: in all probability, there is no doubt without a shadow.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/there-is-a-poetic-import-to-the-phrase-without-a-shadow-of-a-doubt-in/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [If you allow yourself to be the person you are then everything will come into rhythm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/if-you-allow-yourself-to-be-the-person-you-are-then-everything-will/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [Much of the stress and emptiness that haunt us can be traced back to our lack of attention to beauty. Internally, the mind becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/much-of-the-stress-and-emptiness-that-haunt-us-can-be-traced-back-to/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [Consumerism is the worship of the god of quantity; advertising is its liturgy. Advertising is schooling in false longing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/consumerism-is-the-worship-of-the-god-of-quantity-advertising-is-its/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [Inspiration is always a surprising visitor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/inspiration-is-always-a-surprising-visitor/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [Thought is an amazing thing: it can be a mirror, a lens, a bridge, a wall, a window, a ladder or a house. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/thought-is-an-amazing-thing-it-can-be-a-mirror-a-lens-a-bridge-a-wall/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

> [ We \[humans\] are the only creatures who are in-between. We're of the earth, but don't belong to it, because we strain after the heavens;… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/we-humans-are-the-only-creatures-who-are-in-between-we-re-of-the/)

[John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/)

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