"As high over the mountains the eagle spreads……" — John O'Donohue
"As high over the mountains the eagle spreads its wings, may your perspective be larger than the view from the foothills. When the way is flat and dull in times of gray endurance, may your imagination continue to evoke horizons."
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179 Quotes by John O'Donohue
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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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