Climbing the ladder Quote by Richard Rohr

““Thomas Merton, the American monk, pointed out that we may spend our whole life climbing the ladder of success, only to find when we get to the top that our ladder is leaning against the wrong wall. Most””

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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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In solitude, at last, we’re able to let God define us the way we are always supposed to be defined—by relationship: the I-thou relationship,…

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

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You cannot grow in the integrative dance of action and contemplation without a strong tolerance for ambiguity, an ability to allow, forgive, and contain…

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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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