Richard Rohr

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."

"God is bigger than the box we put God in."

"Contemplation is simply learning to see with God's eyes."

"We grow spiritually much more by our failures than by our successes."

"The soul is not something we achieve; it's something we uncover."

"Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past."

"Community is not an achievement; it's a gift."

"The great spiritual traditions all point to the same truth seen from different angles."

"Death is the final teacher if we let it be."

"Love is the only reality; everything else is illusion."

"To be truly alive is to be in constant conversion."

"The sacred is found in the ordinary when we learn to see rightly."

"Healing begins when we stop being unconscious actors in our own story."

"Divine love is always greater than our judgment."

"We are not here to fix ourselves but to surrender ourselves."

"The kingdom of God is both now and not yet."

"True power is found in powerlessness."

"Art and music point us toward transcendence."

"The dualistic mind divides; the non-dualistic mind unites."

"We teach others best by living authentically ourselves."

"Nature is God's first book; silence is where we read it best."

"Your wounds become your wisdom when offered to God."

"Being is more important than doing."

"The ego's job is to keep us safe; the soul's job is to make us free."

"Mystery is not something to be solved but something to be lived."

"Presence is the greatest gift we can offer anyone."

"Fear is the absence of love, not the opposite of courage."

"We find God in the cracks of our brokenness."

"Desire itself is not the problem; unconscious desire is."

"The contemplative mind sees unity; the analytical mind sees separation."