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
inspirational flames names
In the name of the Fire, The Flame And the Light; Praise the pure presence of fire That burns from within Without thought of time.
freedom order needs
In order to inherit your freedom, you need to go towards it. You have to claim your own freedom before it becomes yours.
night world anam-cara
The world rests in the night.
anchors ideas water
Sometimes ideas hold us down; they become heavy anchors that hold the bark of identity fixated in shallow, dead water.
strong prison invisible
Habit is a strong invisible prison.
scar spirit heal
Die Wunden des Geistes heilen, ohne dass Narben bleiben"..."The wounds of the spirit heal and leave no scars.
balance care your-soul
You lose the balance of your sould if you not learn to take care of yourself.
destiny awkward depends
So much depends not on how awkward destiny is, but rather on how openly it is embraced.
beautiful encouragement healing
One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement.
regret past imagine
Often regret is very false and displaced, and imagines the past to be totally other than it was.
thinking decision second-best
The best decision I ever made was to become a priest and I think the second best was to resign.
dream swans mirrors
I have never seen white so absolute / And alone, glistening in awkward form / Dreaming across the water a bright path. / As it stirs and changes I see what it is: / Two swans have found the mirror in the lake / Where a V of horizon lets light through / To make them light-source and light-shape in one. / Now they swim and fade through windows of reed / And disrobe the lake of apparition.
creativity unexpected tradition
Creativity is rich with unexpected possibility. Know-how is mere fragmented mechanics which lacks tradition.
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.