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Life Quotes by John O'Donohue
- If you live the life you love, you will receive shelter and blessings. Sometimes the great famine of blessings in and around us derives from…
- Though the human body is born complete in one moment, the birth of the human heart is an ongoing process. It is being birthed in…
- The life and passion of a person leaves an imprint on the ether of a place. Love does not remain within the heart, it flows…
- A friend is a loved one who awakens your life in order to free the wild possibilities within you.
- There is an unseen life that dreams us; it knows our true direction and destiny. We can trust ourselves more than we realize, and we…
- Each morning we awaken to the light and the invitation to a new day in the world of time; each night we surrender to the…
- When we become isolated, we are prone to being damaged; our minds lose their flexibility and natural kindness; we become vulnerable to fear and negativity.…
- There is a quiet light that shines in every heart. It draws no attention to itself though it is always secretly there. It is what…
- When you learn to embrace your self with a sense of appreciation and affection, you begin to glimpse the goodness and light that is in…
- The way you look at things is the most powerful force in shaping your life.
- The most powerful way to change your life is to change your mind.
- If you try to avoid or remove the awkward quality, it will pursue you. The only effective way to still its unease is to transfigure…
- The heart is the inner face of your life. The human journey strives to make this inner face beautiful. It is here that love gathers…
- All the possibilities of your human destiny are asleep in your soul. You are here to realize and honor these possibilities. When love comes in…
- ...to gaze into the face of another is to gaze into the depth and entirety of his life.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
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- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle