"Prayer is looking out from a different set……" — Richard Rohr
"Prayer is looking out from a different set of eyes, which are not comparing, competing, judging, labeling or analyzing, but receiving the moment in its present wholeness and unwholeness. That is what is meant by contemplation."
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171 Quotes by Richard Rohr
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Mature prayer always breaks into gratitude.
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If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it.
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Transformed people transform people.
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A person who can laugh and go with life does not demand to be in control, which is why the…
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The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all…
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When you get your,'Who am I?', question right, all of your,'What should I do?' questions tend to take care of…
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