David Steindl-Rast

(1926) Monk United States

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David Steindl-Rast is a monk from the United States, best known for Wake up Grateful.

Quick Facts About David Steindl-Rast

Born: July 12, 1926
Nationality: United States
Profession: Monk
Notable works: Wake up Grateful

About David Steindl-Rast

Brother David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B., is an Austrian-American Catholic Benedictine monk, author, and lecturer. He is committed to interfaith dialogue and has dealt with the interaction between spirituality and science.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by David Steindl-Rast · Page 3

Truth is something we discover by carrying it out. It is not a list of statements, but a direction of life.

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Inspirational

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There is no one harder to live with than an artist. Therefore an artist is a real gift because he or she…

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Art

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“Monastic contemplatives have staked out a clearly limited area to be transformed by contemplation: the monastery. Lay contemplatives face the challenge of…

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Meditation

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Love is saying yes to belonging.

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Belonging

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At any moment the fully present mind can shatter time and burst into Now.

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Inspirational

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Day and night gifts keep pelting down on us. If we were aware of this, gratefulness would overwhelm us. But we go…

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Ankles

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What brings fulfillment is gratefulness, the simple response of our heart to this life in all its fullness.

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Fulfillment

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"The Holy Spirit . . . wants to flow through us and realize all these wonderful possibilities in the world - if…

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Flow

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“True gratefulness is courage to give thanks for a gift before unwrapping it.”

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Courage

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Solitude without togetherness deteriorates into loneliness. One needs strong roots in togetherness to be solitary rather than lonely when one is alone.

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Community