Richard Rohr Quotes

God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history.

Richard Rohr

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• AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • People
  • Compassion
  • Deserve

• For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • People
  • Believe
  • America

• Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • People
  • See
  • Compassion

• There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Freedom
  • Habit
  • Forgiveness

• Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Love
  • Powerful
  • Prayer

• We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

  

  T. D. Jakes
  • Strong
  • Forgiveness
  • Forgive

• The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

  

  Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Words
  • Tears
  • Forgiveness

• I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

  

  T. D. Jakes
  • Important
  • Forgiveness

• Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Compassion
  • Kindness

• The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • World
  • American
  • Perfect

• One of women's greatest values is compassion.

  

  Safak Pavey
  • Women
  • Compassion
  • Values

• Do you dare deny my potency my kindness or forgiveness?

  

  Jim Morrison The Doors
  • Kindness
  • Forgiveness

• Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he, who is cruel to living creatures, cannot be a good man. Moreover, this compassion manifestly flows from the same source whence arise the virtues of justice and loving-kindness towards men.

  

  Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Good
  • Men
  • May

• In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.

  

  Betsy Hodges
  • Believe
  • Connection
  • Compassion

• Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption.

  

  Don Lemon
  • She
  • America
  • Forgiveness

• Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

  

  Billy Ray Cyrus
  • Up
  • God
  • Faith

• The full benefit of forgiveness of sin through the Savior's Atonement begins with repentance and baptism and then expands upon receiving the Holy Ghost.

  

  James E. Faust
  • Forgiveness
  • Baptism

• 'Les Miserables', the book, 'Les Miserables', the musical - it's about giving; it's about goodness. It's about compassion and love.

  

  Colm Wilkinson
  • Book
  • Giving
  • Compassion

• Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness. It therefore has nothing (as far as I know) to say to people who do not know they have done anything to repent of and who do not feel that they need forgiveness.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • People
  • Done
  • Religious

• . . . an absurd problem came to the surface: 'How COULD God permit that (crucifixion of Jesus Christ)!' . . . the deranged reason of the little community found quite a frightfully absurd answer: God gave his Son for forgiveness, as a SACRIFICE . . . The SACRIFICE FOR GUILT, and just in its most repugnant and barbarous form - the sacrifice of the innocent for the sins of the guilty! What horrifying heathenism!

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • God
  • Sacrifice
  • Forgiveness

• My favorite moment was in Game 6 when Bill Walton tapped a missed Sixers shot toward the backcourt and Johnny Davis ran it down as the clock expired. We were NBA champions!

  

  Jack Ramsay
  • Game
  • Moment
  • Clock

• At one point my dad called me and said, 'You have always been a great salesman. I think it's time you come home and sell swimming pools.'

  

  Courtney Love
  • Time
  • Great
  • Home

• I think therapy is a helpful thing. I think everyone knows it. You do it for your life, you do it for yourself, because you want to explore some things, and get at the bottom of some things. It's about your life, the quality of your life.

  

  Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Life
  • Quality
  • Explore

• God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history.

  

  Richard Rohr
  • Compassion
  • Forgiveness
  • Storyline