"The human face is the subtle yet visual……" — John O'Donohue
"The human face is the subtle yet visual autobiography of each person,"
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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 Autobiography Quotes
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Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is…
— Kate Atkinson
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Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.
— John Berger
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'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music.
— Mary J. Blige
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Fiction is a web of lies that attempts to entangle the truth. And autobiography may well be the reverse: data…
— Nicholas Delbanco
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Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of…
— Marilyn Ferguson
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Mom - the person most likely to write an autobiography and never mention herself.
— Robert Breault
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I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so since I'm so…
— Philip Roth
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Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of energy. I never paid such a price.
— Nikola Tesla
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But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when…
— Nikola Tesla
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When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots.
— Nikola Tesla
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A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results.
— Nikola Tesla
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