Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Richard Rohr
Top 10 Best Quotes
“every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.”
“Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable.”
“The most common one-liner in the Bible is, "Do not be afraid." Someone counted, and it occurs 365 times.”
“Until we learn to love others as ourselves, it's difficult to blame broken people who desperately try to affirm themselves when no one else will.”
“When you get your,'Who am I?', question right, all of your,'What should I do?' questions tend to take care of themselves”
“The ego hates losing – even to God.”
“I do not think you should get rid of your sin until you have learned what it has to teach you.”
“Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you.”
“People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place.”
“The cross solved our problem by first revealing our real problem, our universal pattern of scapegoating and sacrificing others. The cross exposes forever the scene of our crime.”
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idolatry, humility, surrender, identity, confrontation, interpersonal-relations, reaction, brokenness, flesh, conviction, selfishness, salvation, self-knowledge, spirituality, sin, feat, vocation, second-half-of-life, love, forgiveness, works, faith, excuses, creativity, rules
