John O'Donohue
John O'Donohue
John O'Donohuewas an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher. He was a native Irish speaker, and as an author is best known for popularising Celtic spirituality...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 January 1956
CountryIreland
reflection light shining
The secret and the sacred are sisters. When the secret is not respected, the sacred vanishes. Consequently, reflection should not shine too severe or aggressive a light on the world of the soul.
finding-love needs anam-cara
We do not need to go out and find love; rather, we need to be still and let love discover us.
faces subtle autobiography
The human face is the subtle yet visual autobiography of each person,
eagles views wings
As high over the mountains the eagle spreads its wings, may your perspective be larger than the view from the foothills. When the way is flat and dull in times of gray endurance, may your imagination continue to evoke horizons.
integrity artist creative
Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become.
wonder reverence balanced
Functionalism is lethal when it is not balanced by a sense of reverence. Without reverence, there is no sense of presence or wonder.
faces depth entirety
...to gaze into the face of another is to gaze into the depth and entirety of his life.
integrity privilege duty
We are privileged, and the duty of privilege is absolute integrity.
balance care your-soul
You lose the balance of your sould if you not learn to take care of yourself.
symphony world harmony
the search for meaning is really the search for the lost chord. When the lost chord is discovered by humankind, the discord in the world will be healed and the symphony of the universe will come into complete harmony with itself.
discovery desire transformation
The hunger to belong is not merely a desire to be attached to something. It is rather sensing that great transformation and discovery become possible when belonging is sheltered and true.
anchors ideas water
Sometimes ideas hold us down; they become heavy anchors that hold the bark of identity fixated in shallow, dead water.
awaken eternal gradually individual sacred
The sacred duty of being an individual is to gradually learn how to live so as to awaken the eternal within you.
admire art hear mozart nowadays piece present suddenly unusual wonderful
When we hear some beautiful piece of Mozart or admire a wonderful building, we suddenly become present in ourselves. That's unusual nowadays because dishevelment and distraction have become an art form.