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John O'Donohue

Geburtstag: 1. Januar 1956
Todesdatum: 3. Januar 2008

John O’Donohue war ein irischer Philosoph, katholischer Priester und Schriftsteller.

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„Die Wunden des Geistes heilen, ohne dass Narben bleiben.“

— John O'Donohue

Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

„Schönheit ist die Erleuchtung Ihrer Seele.“

— John O'Donohue

„The Celtic mind was not burdened by dualism. It did not separate what belongs together“

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„Beauty is the illumination of your soul.“

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„We do not need to go out and find love; rather, we need to be still and let love discover us.“

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„One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen.“

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„We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where there is no more shadow, darkness, loneliness, isolation, or pain. They are home.“

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„All through your life your soul takes care of you… your soul is alive and awakened, gathering, sheltering and guiding your ways and days in the world. In effect, your soul is your secret shelter.“

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„So at the end of this day, we give thanks
For being betrothed to the unknown.“

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„Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition.“

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„There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.“

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„If you try to view yourself through the lenses that others offer you, all you will see are distortions; your own light and beauty will become blurred, awkward, and ugly. Your sense of inner beauty has to remain a very private thing.“

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„The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness.“

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„Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your own blindness. Such friendship is creative and critical; it is willing to negotiate awkward and uneven territories of contradiction and woundedness.“

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„It could be a meeting on the street, or a party or a lecture, or just a simple, banal introduction, then suddenly there is a flash of recognition and the embers of kinship glow. There is an awakening between you, a sense of ancient knowing.“

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„Unfinished Poem
I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.“

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„Inspiration is always a surprising visitor.“

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„It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined, a face that has been deeply inhabited, to look in the eyes and find light there.“

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„One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement. When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own.“

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Quelle: Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong

„Real intimacy is a sacred experience. It never exposes its secret trust and belonging to the voyeuristic eye of a neon culture. Real intimacy is of the soul, and the soul is reserved.“

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Quelle: Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

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