I have never seen white so absolute / And alone, glistening in awkward form / Dreaming across the water a bright path.… — John O'Donohue Apparitions Copy Share Image
The secret and the sacred are sisters. When the secret is not respected, the sacred vanishes. Consequently, reflection should not shine too… — John O'Donohue Aggressive Copy Share Image
We live between the act of awakening and the act of surrender. Each morning, we awaken to the light and the invitation… — John O'Donohue A new day Copy Share Image
When people get into therapy, or when they need healing, their real hope is that they'll come to the secret frontier in… — John O'Donohue Divinity Copy Share Image
Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this… — John O'Donohue Destiny Copy Share Image
When we become isolated, we are prone to being damaged; our minds lose their flexibility and natural kindness; we become vulnerable to… — John O'Donohue Ancient Copy Share Image
When you cease to fear your solitude, a new creativity awakens in you. Your forgotten or neglected wealth begins to reveal itself.… — John O'Donohue Coming home Copy Share Image
Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your own blindness. Such friendship is… — John O'Donohue Accepting Copy Share Image
All you can ever achieve is a sense of your soul. You gain little glimpses of its light, colors, and contours. You… — John O'Donohue Achieve Copy Share Image
This is the time to be slow, Lie low to the wall Until the bitter weather passes. Try, as best you can,… — John O'Donohue Air Copy Share Image
There is a quiet light that shines in every heart. It draws no attention to itself though it is always secretly there.… — John O'Donohue Attention Copy Share Image
We rush through our days in such stress and intensity, as if we were here to stay and the serious project of… — John O'Donohue Anxious Copy Share Image
I think the divine is like a huge smile that breaks somewhere in the sea within you, and gradually comes up again. — John O'Donohue Again Copy Share Image
The best decision I ever made was to become a priest and I think the second best was to resign. — John O'Donohue Become Copy Share Image
“The philosopher Schopenhauer said, 'Opposites throw light upon each other.' Beauty does not belong exclusively to the regions of light and loveliness,… — John O'Donohue Beauty Copy Share Image
Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits. — John O'Donohue Another world Copy Share Image
Most people are enduring a marginalized isolation. One of the great obstacles to modern friendships is the 'religion of rush.' People are… — John O'Donohue Enduring Copy Share Image
I arise today... Blessed by all things / wings of breath, / delight of eyes, / wonder of whisper, / intimacy of… — John O'Donohue Arise Copy Share Image
When we hear the word 'beauty', we inevitably think that beauty belongs in a special elite realm where only the extraordinary dwells.… — John O'Donohue Actually Copy Share Image
One of the most precious things you should always preserve in a friendship and in love is your own difference. — John O'Donohue Differences Copy Share Image
Transience is the force of time that makes a ghost of every experience. There was never a dawn, regardless how beautiful or… — John O'Donohue Afternoon Copy Share Image
The idea [of therapy] isn't to give people answers, or lead their bark of longing into a safe, dull, protected harbor, but… — John O'Donohue Answers Copy Share Image
“For Equilibrium, a Blessing: Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief of laughter rinse through your… — John O'Donohue Blessings Copy Share Image
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