I believe that our friends among the dead really mind us and look out for us. Often there might be a big boulder of misery over your path about to fall on you, but your friends among the dead hold it back until you have passed by. John O'Donohue backbigboulder share on social
The joyful heart sees and reads the world with a sense of freedom and graciousness. John O'Donohue freedomgraciousnessheart Change image and share on social
The sacred duty of being an individual is to gradually learn how to live so as to awaken the eternal within you. John O'Donohue awakendutyeternal Change image and share on social
We need great prophetic leaders in religion and in spirituality... what we are getting is lacking in vision... not able to engage with the diversity of the culture. John O'Donohue culturediversityengage Change image and share on social
Good friends won't let you off the hook when you shouldn't be let off the hook. You can let fall the masks we seem to need to survive in a cutthroat world. There is a value of truth that we typically don't find in other parts of life. John O'Donohue cutthroatfallfind share on social
I think the divine is like a huge smile that breaks somewhere in the sea within you, and gradually comes up again. John O'Donohue breakdivinegradually Change image and share on social
Beauty does not linger; it only visits. Yet beauty's visitation affects us and invites us into its rhythm; it calls us to feel, think and act beautifully in the world: to create and live a life that awakens the Beautiful. A life without delight is only half a life. John O'Donohue actaffectawaken share on social
Either we are in the universe to inhabit the eternity of our souls and grow real, or else we might as well dedicate our days to shopping and kill time watching talk-shows. John O'Donohue daydedicateeternity Change image and share on social
The best decision I ever made was to become a priest and I think the second best was to resign. John O'Donohue decisionmakepriest Change image and share on social
There is an instinct that emerges when we get quiet with people. We know who's close. John O'Donohue closeemergeinstinct Change image and share on social
