"It is human longing that makes us holy." — John O'Donohue
"It is human longing that makes us holy."
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John O'Donohue
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179 Quotes by John O'Donohue
John O'Donohue has 179 quotes on this site.
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In contrast to how a child belongs in the world, adult belonging is never as natural, innocent, or playful. Adult…
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Our bodies know they belong; it is our minds that make our lives so homeless.
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It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your…
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The blessings for which we hunger are not to be found in other places or people. These gifts can only…
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If you live the life you love, you will receive shelter and blessings. Sometimes the great famine of blessings in…
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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 idea [of therapy] isn't to give people answers, or lead their bark of longing into a safe, dull, protected…
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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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When people get into therapy, or when they need healing, their real hope is that they'll come to the secret…
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We [humans] are the only creatures who are in-between. We're of the earth, but don't belong to it, because we…
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In order to keep our balance, we need to hold the interior and exterior, visible and invisible, known and unknown,…
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More Healing Quotes
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'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
— Jane Austen
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Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious…
— Sai Baba
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When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that…
— Alexander Graham Bell
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I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and…
— Wendell Berry
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
— Erma Bombeck
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I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.
— Susie Bright
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Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can.
— Helen Gurley Brown
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
— Louisa May Alcott
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A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his…
— Samuel Butler
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Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
— Lord Byron
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Snakes are sometimes perceived as evil, but they are also perceived as medicine. If you look at an ambulance, there's…
— Nicolas Cage
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