Richard Rohr

"The masculine and feminine must be integrated in both men and women."

"Silence is the language of contemplation."

"We teach what we need to learn."

"The Incarnation reveals that matter and spirit are not opposed."

"Love always demands vulnerability and risk."

"The purpose of religion is to transform consciousness, not just inform it."

"Betrayal often precedes breakthrough."

"We must learn to live in the question rather than rush to answers."

"Death is not the end but a transformation into a different mode of existence."

"God is present in all people, including those we disagree with."

"The journey inward and the journey outward are the same journey."

"We cannot give what we do not have; we cannot teach what we have not lived."

"True freedom is freedom from the self, not freedom for the self."

"The Eucharist teaches us that matter is sacred and should be treated with reverence."

"We are often afraid of what we do not understand, so understanding is the antidote to fear."

"God's logic is not our logic; God's ways are paradoxical and mysterious."

"The shadow self is where all our capacity for evil also lies."

"Spiritual maturity is the ability to hold multiple truths simultaneously."

"We must honor the body as the temple of the Holy Spirit."

"The universe is much more mysterious than our rational mind can comprehend."

"Love is the only thing that matters; everything else is just details."

"We cannot see reality as it is until we have transcended our tribal loyalties."

"The cross is both an ending and a beginning."

"We are called to be contemplatives in action, not contemplatives in isolation."

"Truth is always subversive to those in power."

"God is not in the thunderstorm of our emotions but in the still, small voice within."

"The spiritual journey requires us to become like children again."

"We cannot change what we do not acknowledge as real."

"The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is the belief that we already know."

"Sacred sexuality is the integration of body, mind, and spirit in intimate relationship."