Love demands that I learn how to focus my attention on the needs of those I love. — John Powell Attention Copy Share Image
Love is not a feeling to be felt, it's an action to be learned. — John Powell Action Copy Share Image
“He who has learned how to laugh at himself shall never cease to be entertained.” — John Powell Comedy Copy Share Image
To tell you my thoughts is to locate myself in a category. To tell you about my feelings is to tell you… — John Powell Copy Share Image
More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children. — John Powell Abuse Copy Share Image
Growth is always a gradual process, a bridge slowly crossed and not a corner sharply turned. — John Powell Bridges Copy Share Image
There's the whole myth about rocket science. It's really not that hard. It's not brain surgery. — John Powell Brain Copy Share Image
Each child is sent into this world by God with a "Unique Message" to deliver, a new personal act of love to… — John Powell Acts of love Copy Share Image
We cannot "psychologize" the grace of God. God's actions are outside and above our human sciences. — John Powell Action Copy Share Image
He who has no inclination to learn more will be very apt to think that he knows enough. — John Powell Classroom Copy Share Image
Love supposes, is, and does many things, but basically it is practiced in the act of sharing. — John Powell Copy Share Image
“It’s a shameful indictment of the shabby way we live nowadays, but we have to face the fact that most of you… — John Powell Ancient egyptian Copy Share Image
There are only two potential tragedies in life, and dying young isn't one of them. These are the two real tragedies: If… — John Powell Death Copy Share Image
God is to us like the sky to a small bird, which cannot see its outer limits and cannot reach its distant… — John Powell Bird Copy Share Image
What is disgraceful and outrageous is that 18,000 children die of hunger every day, every one of them a preventable death. That's… — John Powell Children Copy Share Image
I have to be honest in asking myself: Do I really want to know and do God's will? Or is it rather… — John Powell Copy Share Image
Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them out of the hands of children. It… — John Powell Children Copy Share Image
It is essential that our love be liberating, not possessive. We must at all times give those we love the freedom to… — John Powell Copy Share Image
You have a unique message to deliver, a unique song to sing, a unique act of love to bestow. This message, this… — John Powell Acts of love Copy Share Image
The genius of Christian spirituality is to integrate [the] spirit of possession with the spirit of dispossession. The spirit of dispossession implies… — John Powell Christian Copy Share Image
I also see the world of religion. I see some of my brothers and sisters trying to be religious without being fully… — John Powell Copy Share Image
“But why should a flute make a sound which is smoother and less complex than that of a violin or oboe? To… — John Powell Copy Share Image
I wanted to play music from the age of seven. I suddenly fell in love with it and that's what I was… — John Powell Age Copy Share Image
Playing is much, much harder than composing in my opinion, becoming a player. If you want to be a player for all… — John Powell Copy Share Image
You and I can profit by asking ourselves: What do I see when I look through the lens of my attitude toward… — John Powell Copy Share Image
You just don't make decisions about what you're going to be like when you are old. I know that I am making… — John Powell Age Copy Share Image
God isn't calling us to a lonely, joyless existence with the promise of a delayed reward. God is calling us to live,… — John Powell Copy Share Image
Attitudes are capable of making the same experience either pleasant or painful. — John Powell Attitude Copy Share Image
Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason. — John Powell Copy Share Image
What are the "ifs" and "buts" that limit my enjoyment of life? — John Powell Enjoyment Copy Share Image
![“The genius of Christian spirituality is to integrate [the] spirit of possession with the spirit of dispossession. The spirit of dispossession implies that all the good and delightful things of this world are never allowed to own, possess, or shackle me. Dispossession implies that I am always free…” quote by John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae1/john-powell-12850_christian_the-genius-of-christian-spirituality-is_1220993.jpg)
