All John O'Donohue Quotes
- Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition. Achieved
- It could be a meeting on the street, or a party or a lecture, or just a simple, banal introduction, then suddenly there is a… Ancient
- Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your own blindness. Such friendship is creative and critical;… Accept
- If you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to… All
- ...to gaze into the face of another is to gaze into the depth and entirety of his life. Depth
- When you look at some faces, you can see the turbulence of the infinite beginning to gather to the surface. This moment can open in… Beginning
- ...we are custodians of deep and ancient thresholds. In the human face you see that potential and the miracle of undying possibility. Ancient
- Even though life may have moved wearily and painfully through such a person, they have still managed not to let it corrode their soul. In… Casts
- We do not need to operate according to the idea of a predetermined program for our lives. According
- Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side… Alone
- Human skin is porous; the world flows through you. Your senses are large pores that let the world in. By being attuned to the wisdom… Attuned
- Inspiration is always a surprising visitor. Inspiration
- the search for meaning is really the search for the lost chord. When the lost chord is discovered by humankind, the discord in the world… Chord
- Your beloved and your friends were once strangers. Somehow at a particular time, they came from the distance toward your life. Their arrival seemed so… Accidental
- The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness. Born
- When time is reduced to linear progress, it is emptied of presence. Emptied
- The eternal world and the mortal world are not parallel, rather they are fused. Eternal
- There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what… Become Powerless
- Beauty is the illumination of your soul. Beautiful
- One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silences. Often secrets are not revealed in words, they… Compassion
- Your soul is the priestess of memory, selecting, sifting, and ultimately gathering your vanishing days toward presence. Days
- No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself; you are its custodian and entrance. No one else can see the… Access
- If you try to view yourself through the lenses that others offer you, all you will see are distortions; your own light and beauty will… All
- ...the only difference between a young person at the height of their exuberance and a very old person who is frail and physically wasted is… Difference
- Transience is the force of time that makes a ghost of every experience. There was never a dawn, regardless how beautiful or promising, that did… Afternoon