All John O'Donohue Quotes
- It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined, a face that has been deeply inhabited, to look in the eyes… Aging
- You are as young as you feel. If you begin to feel the warmth of your soul, there will be a youthfulness in you that… Able
- We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where there is no… Darkness
- You have traveled too fast over false ground; Now your soul has come to take you back. Take refuge in your senses, open up To… All
- So at the end of this day, we give thanks For being betrothed to the unknown. Betrothed
- When you steal a people's language, you leave their soul bewildered. Bewildered
- One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement. When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold… Beautiful
- Functionalism is lethal when it is not balanced by a sense of reverence. Without reverence, there is no sense of presence or wonder. Balanced
- May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder. Day
- Consumerism is the worship of the god of quantity; advertising is its liturgy. Advertising is schooling in false longing. Advertising
- Unfinished Poem I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding. Carried
- There is a relentless search for the factual and this quest often lacks warmth or reverence. At a certain stage in our life we may… Analysis
- Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits. Another World
- When love awakens in your life, in the night of your heart, it is like the dawn breaking within you. Where before there was anonymity,… Age
- On its outer surface time is vulnerable to transience. Regardless of its sadness or beauty, each day empties and vanishes. In its deeper heart, time… Beauty
- You are like nobody since I love you" -Pablo Neruda This art of love discloses the special and sacred identity of the other person. Love… Alone
- The Celtic mind was not burdened by dualism. It did not separate what belongs together Belongs
- The world rests in the night. Inspirational
- One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen. Deepest
- So much depends not on how awkward destiny is, but rather on how openly it is embraced. Awkward
- Die Wunden des Geistes heilen, ohne dass Narben bleiben"..."The wounds of the spirit heal and leave no scars. Dass
- What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach. Many of the ancient cultures practiced careful rituals… Ancient
- I do not wish to criticize any system that can nourish people’s spirits, but I find that a lot of New Age writing cherry-picks the… Age
- Real intimacy is a sacred experience. It never exposes its secret trust and belonging to the voyeuristic eye of a neon culture. Real intimacy is… Belonging
- The secret and the sacred are sisters. When the secret is not respected, the sacred vanishes. Consequently, reflection should not shine too severe or aggressive… Aggressive