I always was kind of on the edge of the church when I was fully in it , cos I was always… — John O'Donohue Always Copy Share Image
Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of… — John O'Donohue Friendship Copy Share Image
It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined, a face that has been deeply inhabited, to look… — John O'Donohue Aging Copy Share Image
“For Someone Awakening To The Trauma of His or Her Past: For everything under the sun there is a time. This is… — John O'Donohue First time Copy Share Image
It is a strange and wonderful fact to be here, walking around in a body, to have a whole world within you… — John O'Donohue Body Copy Share Image
“If we could be mindful of how short our time is, we might learn how precious each day is.” — John O'Donohue Days Copy Share Image
If you try to avoid or remove the awkward quality, it will pursue you. The only effective way to still its unease… — John O'Donohue Awkward Copy Share Image
A friend is a loved one who awakens your life in order to free the wild possibilities within you. — John O'Donohue Friendship Copy Share Image
“There is a poetic import to the phrase ‘without a shadow of a doubt’: in all probability, there is no doubt without… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
If you allow yourself to be the person you are then everything will come into rhythm. — John O'Donohue Inspirational Copy Share Image
Much of the stress and emptiness that haunt us can be traced back to our lack of attention to beauty. Internally, the… — John O'Donohue Attention Copy Share Image
Consumerism is the worship of the god of quantity; advertising is its liturgy. Advertising is schooling in false longing. — John O'Donohue Advertising Copy Share Image
Thought is an amazing thing: it can be a mirror, a lens, a bridge, a wall, a window, a ladder or a… — John O'Donohue Bridges Copy Share Image
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… — John O'Donohue Creatures Copy Share Image
To have true integrity, poise, and courage is to be attuned to the silent and invisible nature within you. — John O'Donohue Courage Copy Share Image
Sometimes ideas hold us down; they become heavy anchors that hold the bark of identity fixated in shallow, dead water. — John O'Donohue Anchors Copy Share Image
No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself; you are its custodian and entrance. No one else… — John O'Donohue Compare Copy Share Image
What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach. Many of the ancient cultures… — John O'Donohue Ancient Copy Share Image
Although you should not erase your responsibility for the past, when you make the past your jailer, you destroy your future. It… — John O'Donohue Burden Copy Share Image
“Take refuge in your senses, open up to all the small miracles you rushed through. Become inclined to watch the way of… — John O'Donohue Rain Copy Share Image
When you acknowledge the integrity of your solitude, and settle into its mystery, your relationships with others take on a new warmth,… — John O'Donohue Acknowledge Copy Share Image
You have traveled too fast over false ground; Now your soul has come to take you back. Take refuge in your senses,… — John O'Donohue Brightness Copy Share Image