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Richard Rohr Quotes: The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.
         

The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.


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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 around us.

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



We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.

We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.



The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.



Religion is one of the safest places to hide from God.

Religion is one of the safest places to hide from God.



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

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



God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes.

God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes.



Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.

Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.



There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.

There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.



You come to God not by being strong, but by being weak; not by being right, but through your mistakes.

You come to God not by being strong, but by being weak; not by being right, but through your mistakes.



It is at the bottom where we find grace; for like water, grace seeks the lowest place and there it pools up.

It is at the bottom where we find grace; for like water, grace seeks the lowest place and there it pools up.





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I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way.



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As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds.

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There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings up. Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing.



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My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.



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