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Life Quotes by Richard Rohr
- A person who can laugh and go with life does not demand to be in control, which is why the most controlling people may be…
- Heartbreaks, disappointments and even our own weaknesses can serve as stepping-stones to the second half of life transformation. Failings are the foundation for growth. Those…
- God comes to you disguised as your life,
- We are just a little tiny flicker of a much larger flame that is Life itself, Consciousness itself, Being itself, Love itself, God’s very self.
- Life is not, nor ever has been, a straight line forward ... Life is characterized much more by exception and disorder than by total or…
- The Gospel is not a fire insurance policy for the next world, but a life assurance policy for this world.
- There is a part of you that is Love itself, and that is what we must fall into. It is already there. Once you move…
- The phrase, 'You must die before you die,' is found in most of the world religions. If you don't learn how to die early, you…
- Life is not a matter of creating a special name for ourselves, but of uncovering the name we have always had.
- God comes to us disguised as our life.
- I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.
- Spirituality is about being ready. All the spiritual disciplines of your life - prayer, study, meditation or ritual, religious vows - are there so you…
- Once God and grace move us to the second half of life, religion becomes a mystical matter, rather than a moral matter.
- What healthy religion is saying is that the real life is both now and later. You have to taste the Real first of all now.…
- Let’s state it clearly: One great idea of the biblical revelation is that God is manifest in the ordinary, in the actual, in the daily,…
- The big truth for men is that often we have to leave home in the first half of life before we can return home at…
- If unconditional love, loyalty, and obedience are the tickets to an eternal life, then my black Labrador, Venus, will surely be there long before me,…
- In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt…
- This life journey has led me to love mystery and not feel the need to change it or make it un-mysterious. This has put me…
More Life Quotes
- 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