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Only Quotes by Richard Rohr
- 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…
- There are not sacred and profane things, places, and moments. There are only sacred and desecrated things, places, and moments-and it is we alone who…
- Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify with or feed what are only passing shows. It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism…
- Jesus is never upset at sinners; he is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.
- Religions should be understood as only the fingers that point to the moon, not the moon itself.
- In terms of the ego, most religions teach in some way that all of us must die before we die, and then we will not…
- Most of us live in the past, carrying our hurts, guilts and fears. We have to face the pain we carry, lest we spend the…
- Jesus liberated us from religion. Jesus taught simple religious practices over major theorizing.Â… The only thoughts Jesus told us to police were our own: our…
- Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority revealing any real…
- Because I am a part of the Big Picture, I do matter and substantially so. Because I am only a part, however, I am rightly…
- Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.
- Men and women are most alike at their most mature and soulful levels. Men and women are most different only at their most immature and…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
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- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle