--- title: "4 John Philip Newell Quotes - Famous Poet" description: "Canadian poet and minister... Browse 4 John Philip Newell quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-john-philip-newell-70753.jpg" --- ![Portrait of John Philip Newell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-john-philip-newell-70753.jpg) # John Philip Newell (1953) Poet **4** quotes in **43** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Philip Newell is a poet. ## Quick Facts About John Philip Newell Born May 4, 1953 Profession Poet ## About John Philip Newell Canadian poet and minister... ## Quotes by John Philip Newell > [Eriugena and other Celtic teachers speak of Christ as our memory, as the one who leads us to our deepest identity, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philip-newell/eriugena-and-other-celtic-teachers-speak-of-christ-as-our-memory-as/) John Philip Newell [Celtic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/celtic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/john-philip-newell-70753_celtic_eriugena-and-other-celtic-teachers-speak_105698.jpg) > [God is to be found not by stepping aside from the flow of daily life into religious moments and environments, or by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philip-newell/god-is-to-be-found-not-by-stepping-aside-from-the-flow-of-daily-life/) John Philip Newell [Creation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/john-philip-newell-70753_creation_god-is-to-be-found-not-by-stepping-aside_1202461.jpg) > [“…we need to find ways of sharing our intimate experiences of the Mystery, for we are one. It is through one another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philip-newell/we-need-to-find-ways-of-sharing-our-intimate-experiences-of-the/) John Philip Newell [Intimate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intimate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/john-philip-newell-70753_life_we-need-to-find-ways-of-sharing-our-inti_1352253.jpg) > [ \[Grace\] is given not to make us something other than ourselves but to make us radically ourselves. Grace is given not to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philip-newell/grace-is-given-not-to-make-us-something-other-than-ourselves-but-to/) John Philip Newell [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/john-philip-newell-70753_alive_grace-is-given-not-to-make-us-something_1446210.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-philip-newell/#itemlist", "name": "John Philip Newell Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Eriugena and other Celtic teachers speak of Christ as our memory, as the one who leads us to our deepest identity, as the one who remembers the song of our beginnings….", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Philip Newell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philip-newell/eriugena-and-other-celtic-teachers-speak-of-christ-as-our-memory-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/john-philip-newell-70753_celtic_eriugena-and-other-celtic-teachers-speak_105698.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/john-philip-newell-70753_celtic_eriugena-and-other-celtic-teachers-speak_105698.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/john-philip-newell-70753_celtic_eriugena-and-other-celtic-teachers-speak_105698.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Eriugena and other Celtic teachers speak of Christ as our memory, as the one who leads us to our deepest…” — John Philip Newell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God is to be found not by stepping aside from the flow of daily life into religious moments and environments, or by looking away from creation to a spiritual realm beyond, but rather by entering attentively the depths of the present moment. 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