Quotes by Richard Rohr

About Richard Rohr:

Richard Rohr, O.F.M. is a Franciscan friar ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church in 1970. He is an internationally known inspirational speaker and has published numerous recorded talks and books, most recently Yes, And...: Daily Meditations, Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See, and Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi.
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We are usually on bended knee before laws or angrily reacting against them, both immature responses.

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Without law in some form, and, also, without butting up against that law, we cannot move forward easily or naturally. We have to have something hard and half-good to rebel against.

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Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101.

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It is no surprise that the first and always unwelcome message of male initiation rites is LIFE – IS – HARD.

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Most people confuse their life situation with their actual life, which is an underlying flow beneath the everyday events.

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The cross solved our problem by first revealing our real problem, our universal pattern of scapegoating and sacrificing others. The cross exposes forever the scene of our crime.

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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.

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The ego hates losing – even to God.

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It is so important to balance orthodoxy with orthopraxy.

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One wonders how far spiritual and political leaders can genuinely lead us without some degree of mystical seeing and action.

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The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know.

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You have to find some way to not become a cynical or negative person, a person who keeps walking around and opening your eyes in the outside world but inside you close down, a person who stops expecting tomorrow to be better than today.

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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.

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One would think that people who insist on being monotheistic would be the first in line to walk across the artificial boundaries created by nation states, class systems, cultures and even religions. But often they are the last!

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I see little difference in the attitudes of those who consider themselves Christian and those who are openly secular and agnostic. Most Christian citizenship appears to be clearly right here - on this little bit of very unreal estate.

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One is struck in the study of saints, angels and gods by a pattern that seems quaint and harmless. Yet, it is so common that I know there must be a deeper meaning. There always seem to be guardians and spirits of doors, bridges, exits and entranceway...

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Ancients knew that you need guidance, patronage and protection as you move from one place or state to another, whenever you cross a bridge. You had better know what you are doing when you leave one group or place to join another.

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People inside of belonging systems are very threatened by those who are not within that group. They are threatened by anyone who has found their citizenship in places they cannot control.

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Yes, the natural world is the first and primary Bible. We have not honored it, so how could we, or would we, know how to honor and properly use the second Bible, when it was written.

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If you depend on being emotionally inspired or newly motivated, you will need a new fix almost every day.

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Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.

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Author Bio

  • NameRichard Rohr
  • DescriptionAmerican spiritual writer, speaker, teacher, Catholic Franciscan priest
  • BornMarch 20, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPriest; Writer