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Richard Rohr Quotes

The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know Picture Quote #1

Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so you can keep your heart open in hell, when hell happens Picture Quote #1

One wonders how far spiritual and political leaders can genuinely lead us without some degree of mystical seeing and action Picture Quote #1

In terms of the ego, most religions teach in some way that all of us must die before we die, and then we will not be afraid of dying. Suffering of some sort seems to be the only thing strong enough to destabilize our arrogance and our ignorance. I would define suffering very simply as whenever you are not in control Picture Quote #1

Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify with or feed what are only passing shows. It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism or any egoic consciousness Picture Quote #1

A person who can laugh and go with life does not demand to be in control, which is why the most controlling people may be sarcastic but lack an authentic sense of humor Picture Quote #1

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It is in falling down that we learn almost everything that matters spiritually Picture Quote #1

The greatest enemy of ordinary daily goodness and joy is not imperfection, but the demand for some supposed perfection or order Picture Quote #1

If you stay in the mainstream of life, you let in the suffering of the world that invariably enters all of our lives by the time we’re in our middle years, when we’ve experienced a few deaths and read a few headlines Picture Quote #1

Famine, poverty, abuse, you can’t keep that all blocked out. If you let those things teach you, influence you, change you, those are the events that transition you without you even knowing it to become more compassionate Picture Quote #1

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what’s there: all of it Picture Quote #1

The big truth for men is that often we have to leave home in the first half of life before we can return home at a later stage and find our soul there Picture Quote #1

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In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you Picture Quote #1

In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us Picture Quote #1

Men must learn how to grieve, or they are inevitably angry or controlling, and they don’t even know why Picture Quote #1

Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you Picture Quote #1

God is always drawing us closer, blow by blow and bit by bit. And most of the time we do not even know it is happening Picture Quote #1

The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines Picture Quote #1

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Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others Picture Quote #1

Whole people see and create wholeness wherever they go; split people see and create splits in everything and everybody Picture Quote #1

Life is not, nor ever has been, a straight line forward... Life is characterized much more by exception and disorder than by total or perfect order Picture Quote #1

Moralism is always the cheap substitute for mysticism Picture Quote #1

Religions should be understood as only the fingers that point to the moon, not the moon itself Picture Quote #1

When you do the first half of life well, you have a good sense of yourself Picture Quote #1

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The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know (Richard Rohr Quotes) Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so you can keep your heart open in hell, when hell happens (Richard Rohr Quotes) One wonders how far spiritual and political leaders can genuinely lead us without some degree of mystical seeing and action (Richard Rohr Quotes) In terms of the ego, most religions teach in some way that all of us must die before we die, and then we will not be afraid of dying. Suffering of some sort seems to be the only thing strong enough to destabilize our arrogance and our ignorance. I would define suffering very simply as whenever you are not in control (Richard Rohr Quotes) Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify with or feed what are only passing shows. It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism or any egoic consciousness (Richard Rohr Quotes) A person who can laugh and go with life does not demand to be in control, which is why the most controlling people may be sarcastic but lack an authentic sense of humor (Richard Rohr Quotes) It is in falling down that we learn almost everything that matters spiritually (Richard Rohr Quotes) The greatest enemy of ordinary daily goodness and joy is not imperfection, but the demand for some supposed perfection or order (Richard Rohr Quotes) If you stay in the mainstream of life, you let in the suffering of the world that invariably enters all of our lives by the time we’re in our middle years, when we’ve experienced a few deaths and read a few headlines (Richard Rohr Quotes) Famine, poverty, abuse, you can’t keep that all blocked out. If you let those things teach you, influence you, change you, those are the events that transition you without you even knowing it to become more compassionate (Richard Rohr Quotes) The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what’s there: all of it (Richard Rohr Quotes) The big truth for men is that often we have to leave home in the first half of life before we can return home at a later stage and find our soul there (Richard Rohr Quotes) In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you (Richard Rohr Quotes) In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us (Richard Rohr Quotes) Men must learn how to grieve, or they are inevitably angry or controlling, and they don’t even know why (Richard Rohr Quotes) Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you (Richard Rohr Quotes) God is always drawing us closer, blow by blow and bit by bit. And most of the time we do not even know it is happening (Richard Rohr Quotes) The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines (Richard Rohr Quotes) Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others (Richard Rohr Quotes) Whole people see and create wholeness wherever they go; split people see and create splits in everything and everybody (Richard Rohr Quotes) Life is not, nor ever has been, a straight line forward... Life is characterized much more by exception and disorder than by total or perfect order (Richard Rohr Quotes) Moralism is always the cheap substitute for mysticism (Richard Rohr Quotes) Religions should be understood as only the fingers that point to the moon, not the moon itself (Richard Rohr Quotes) When you do the first half of life well, you have a good sense of yourself (Richard Rohr Quotes)

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