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
soul
The greatest friend of the soul is the unknown
rivers flow surprise
Unfinished Poem I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.
eye light lovely
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.
views light inner-beauty
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.
death journey people
Sometimes people are very worried about dying. There is no need to be afraid. when the moment of your dying comes, you will be given everything that you need to make that journey in a graceful, elegant, and trusting way.
ideas needs program
We do not need to operate according to the idea of a predetermined program for our lives.
gratitude blessed eye
I arise today... Blessed by all things / wings of breath, / delight of eyes, / wonder of whisper, / intimacy of touch, / eternity of soul, / urgency of thought, / miracle of health, / embrace of God
healing destiny special
Each one of us was sent here for a special destiny.
fall over-you might
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.
names dangerous dangerous-things
It's a dangerous thing to name yourself wrongly or to name yourself unjustly.
spring flower blooming-flower
When one flower blooms spring awakens everywhere
duty absolutes
The duty of priviledge is absolute intregity
fall heart dark
Somewhere, out at the edges, the night / Is turning and the waves of darkness / Begin to brighten the shore of dawn... The heavy dark falls back to earth / And the freed air goes wild with light, / The heart fills with fresh, bright breath / And thoughts stir to give birth to colour
inspirational courage hurt
When you forgive, some deeper, divine generosity takes you over... When you cannot forgive, you are a prisoner of the hurt done to you.