Creating Quote by Richard Rohr

“Life is not a matter of creating a special name for ourselves, but of uncovering the name we have always had.”

Richard Rohr

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“We have become human doings more than human beings, and the verb “rest,” as Jesus uses it, is largely foreign to us.”

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In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well.

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If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it.

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Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others.

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“In the end, we do not so much reclaim what we have lost as discover a significantly new self in and through the process.…

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All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those…

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“I would wonder if you could be a hero or heroine if you did not live in deep time, that is, Past, present, and…

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Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

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“I believe contemplation shows us that nothing inside us is as bad as our hatred and denial of the bad. Hating and denying it…

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We don't have much wisdom about the second half when things really open up and end up looking a lot more progressive. In my…

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