"Each of us is alone in the world.……" — John O'Donohue
"Each of us is alone in the world. It takes great courage to meet the full force of your aloneness. Â… When you face your aloneness, something begins to happen. Gradually, the sense of bleakness changes into a sense of true belonging. This is a slow and open-ended transition but it is utterly vital in order to come into rhythm with your own individuality."
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John O'Donohue
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179 Quotes by John O'Donohue
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Our bodies know they belong; it is our minds that make our lives so homeless.
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To have true integrity, poise, and courage is to be attuned to the silent and invisible nature within you.
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When you've gone as far as you can go, quietly await your next beginning.
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The essence of who you are is ultimately mysterious, ungraspable and numinous-completely different from every other structure of matter.
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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
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