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“Spirituality becomes suspect if it is merely an anaesthetic to still one's spiritual hunger. Such spirituality is driven by the fear of loneliness. If you bring courage to you solitude, you learn that you do not need to be afraid.”

Soul Spirit Spirituality Fear Courage Loneliness Solitude Fearfulness

Book:Anam Cara [Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition]: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

Source: Anam Cara [Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition]: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

“When our eyes are graced with wonder, the world reveals its wonders to us. There are people who see only dullness in the world and that is because their eyes have already been dulled. So much depends on how we look at things. The quality of our looking determines what we come to see.”

Philosophy Religion Spirituality

Book:Beauty: A Study of Beauty in Celtic Spirituality and the Human Spirit

Source: Beauty: A Study of Beauty in Celtic Spirituality and the Human Spirit

“Nature is the mirror of the divine imagination and the mother of all sensuality; therefore it is unorthodox to understand spirit in terms of the invisible alone. Ironically, divinity and spirit derive their power and energy precisely from this tension between the visible and the invisible. Everything in the world of soul has a deep desire and longing for visible form; this is exactly where the power of the imagination lives.”

Inspirational Spirituality Nature Imagination

Author:John O'Donohue

“The wonderful conductor Sergeiu Celibadache said, 'We do not create music; we only create the conditions so that she can appear.”

Spirituality Music

Author:John O'Donohue

“This breakage within us is what makes us human and vulnerable. There is nothing more sinister than someone whose mind seems to be an absolute circle; there is a helpless coldness and a deadly certainty about such a presence.”

Love Spirituality Longing Vulnerability Sensitivity Celtic Humanness Celtic Spirituality

Book:Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong

Source: Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong