"When you forgive, some deeper, divine generosity takes……" — John O'Donohue
"When you forgive, some deeper, divine generosity takes you over... When you cannot forgive, you are a prisoner of the hurt done to you."
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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 Cannot Forgive Quotes
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Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Edmund Wilson was our greatest American literary critic because he was more than a literary critic: He was a fearless,…
— Edward Abbey
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How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
— Publilius Syrus
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The spirit must be freed from tethers so strong and feelings never put to rest, so that the lift of…
— Thomas S. Monson
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I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped…
— Lewis B. Smedes
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If I say, "Yes, I forgive, but I cannot forgive," as though the God, who twice a day washes all…
— Amy Carmichael
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God dealt with our whole situation on the cross; there is nothing left for you to settle. Just say to…
— Corrie Ten Boom
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Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations…
— Pope Francis
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I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despondency.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We cannot forgive another for not being ourselves.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A book is somehow sacred. A dictator can kill and maim people, can sink to any kind of tyranny and…
— John Steinbeck
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Grace cannot forgive unconfessed sin.
— Rod Parsley
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