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Surface Quotes by John O'Donohue
- We have surface time, which is the time we move through every day, but we need to reach the rhythms of deep time. Like the…
- When you look at some faces, you can see the turbulence of the infinite beginning to gather to the surface. This moment can open in…
- On its outer surface time is vulnerable to transience. Regardless of its sadness or beauty, each day empties and vanishes. In its deeper heart, time…
- 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…
- We rush through our days in such stress and intensity, as if we were here to stay and the serious project of the world depended…
More Surface Quotes
- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- I've no idea where ideas come from and I hope I never find out; it would spoil the excitement for me if… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
- It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced… — Neil Armstrong
- Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story… — Chinua Achebe
- Many statements about God are confidently made by theologians on grounds that today at least sound specious. Thomas Aquinas claimed to prove… — Carl Sagan
- Is hockey hard? I don't know, you tell me. We need to have the strength and power of a football player, the… — Brendan Shanahan
- I know, perhaps as well as anyone, what depression means, and what it is to feel myself sinking lower and lower. Yet… — Charles Spurgeon
- Too many poets write poems which are only difficult on the surface, difficult because the dramatic situation is easily misunderstood. It's not… — Miller Williams