"The same powerful Scripture text that brings a……" — Richard Rohr
"The same powerful Scripture text that brings a loving person to even greater love will be mangled and misused by a fearful or egocentric person. This is surely what Jesus means when he talks about the one who has being given more and those who have not losing what little they have."
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Richard Rohr
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171 Quotes by Richard Rohr
Richard Rohr has 171 quotes on this site.
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In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has…
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Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until…
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Mature prayer always breaks into gratitude.
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Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However,…
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All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will…
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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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Heartbreaks, disappointments and even our own weaknesses can serve as stepping-stones to the second half of life transformation. Failings are…
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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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Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through…
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The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil…
— Aristotle
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do…
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Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
— Francis Bacon
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of…
— Walter Bagehot
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and…
— Honore de Balzac
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
— Saint Basil
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Every day brings new choices.
— Martha Beck
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The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human…
— Alfred Adler
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