John O'Donohue
John O'Donohue (1 January 1956 – 4 January 2008) was an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher. He was a native Irish speaker, and as an author is best known for popularising Celtic spirituality, especially from his book Anam Cara.
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Quotes
[edit]- We were created to be creators.
- Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (2003)
- It is ironic that so often we continue to live like paupers though our inheritance of spirit is so vast.
- Benedictus - A Book of Blessings (2007)
- One of the great modern philosophers of beauty, Immanuel Kant, spoke of the joy we take in the Beautiful as 'disinterested delight'. The animation of the Beautiful is so immediate and fulfilling that we simply enjoy it for itself; it never occurs to us to ask what purpose it serves.
- Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (2010)
