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About Richard Rohr
American Franciscan priest and writer on spirituality
Richard Rohr is an American Franciscan priest and writer on spirituality based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was ordained in the Roman Catholic Church in 1970. He is known for founding the New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati in 1971 and the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque in 1987. Rohr writes and speaks on spirituality, with a focus on contemplative practice, faith, and social action. In 2011, PBS described him as one of the most popular spirituality authors and speakers in the world.
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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,…”Richard Rohr
- “We have been shown how to fight hate without becoming hate ourselves. We have been given a Companion and a Fr…”Richard Rohr
- “Ability to laugh at evil, to relativize symbols without dismissing them is usually a sign of a rather healthy…”Richard Rohr
- “When 'happiness' eludes us - as, eventually, it always will - we have the invitation to examine our programme…”Richard Rohr
Bitterness: more sayings
- “I want to say somewhere: I've tried to be forgiving. And yet. There were times in my life, whole years, when…”Nicole Krauss
- “Do not worry when situations get bitter. A bitter situation is a better teacher. The greatest lessons in life…”Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- “God, in the dream, illumined the animal's brutishness and he understood the reasons, and accepted his destiny…”Jorge Luis Borges
Forgiveness: more sayings
- “To the delicate,You will fall for the rough ones. the cold ones. the ones filled with apathy. you will spend…”Sabah Khodir
- “Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”Corrie Ten Boom
- “A sinner’s humanity will cause him to fall from grace again and again, but his human pride, ego, or feeling o…”Joyce L. Villeneuve