"I always was kind of on the edge……" — John O'Donohue
"I always was kind of on the edge of the church when I was fully in it , cos I was always asking the questions... And I could never believe blindly."
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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 Always Asking Quotes
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People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
— Bjork
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Everybody's always asking me about my blood pressure. They did an interview once where they hooked me up to a…
— Lewis Black
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A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
— Amy Chua
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Production was what I always wanted to do, even when I was skating. I'm a bit of a sponge. When…
— Robin Cousins
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Every photo shoot, I'm always asking the makeup artist what they're using on me, and I'll go out and get…
— Denise Richards
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Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want,…
— Guy Finley
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Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that…
— Guy Finley
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Instead of always asking yourself how to clear up your mental fog, learn to ask: "Can confusion know anything about…
— Guy Finley
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People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child.
— Lorna Luft
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People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody…
— Freddie Mercury
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They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does…
— Oscar Wilde
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All I can say is I've been reading the lips of bleeped-out words, angry baseball players, and stoned-out rock stars…
— Marlee Matlin
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