All John O'Donohue Quotes
- Nature is the direct expression of the divine imagination. Direct
- Many of us have made our world so familiar that we do not see it anymore. An interesting question to ask yourself at night is,… Anymore
- When our eyes are graced with wonder, the world reveals its wonders to us. There are people who see only dullness in the world and… Been
- Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become. Artist
- Grace is the permanent climate of divine kindness; the perennial infusion of springtime into the winter of bleakness. Bleakness
- All through your life your soul takes care of you...your soul is alive and awakened, gathering, sheltering and guiding your ways and days in the… Alive
- It is a strange and wonderful fact to be here, walking around in a body, to have a whole world within you and a world… Body
- Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Destiny
- May all that is unlived in you blossom into a future graced with love. All
- This is the time to be slow, Lie low to the wall Until the bitter weather passes. Try, as best you can, not to let… Air
- We rush through our days in such stress and intensity, as if we were here to stay and the serious project of the world depended… All
- When you are compassionate with yourself, you trust in your soul, which you let guide your life. Your soul knows the geography of your destiny… Better
- The sacred duty of being an individual is to gradually learn how to live so as to awaken the eternal within you. Awaken
- If you have a trust in and an expectation of your own solitude, everything that you need to know will be revealed to you. Expectation
- We live between the act of awakening and the act of surrender. Each morning, we awaken to the light and the invitation to a new… Act
- The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere - in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and in ourselves.… Art
- Our trust in the future has lost its innocence. We know now that anything can happen from one minute to the next. Politics, religion, economics,… Abruptly
- Much of the stress and emptiness that haunt us can be traced back to our lack of attention to beauty. Internally, the mind becomes coarse… Attention
- We need great prophetic leaders in religion and in spirituality... what we are getting is lacking in vision... not able to engage with the diversity… Able
- The beauty of the Catholic church is that it has a sacramental structure that can hold its own with the best out of any tradition.… Amazing
- I always was kind of on the edge of the church when I was fully in it , cos I was always asking the questions...… Always Asking
- Listen carefully to yourself. Listen to what you dislike, and you will find most of the imagery is what you have received and registered from… Carefully
- I believe that our friends among the dead really mind us and look out for us. Often there might be a big boulder of misery… Among
- Truth is paradox. Paradox
- The beauty that emerges from woundedness is a beauty infused with feeling; a beauty different from the beauty of landscape and the cold perfect form.… Ache