Quotes about Realization

God is a God who wants to lead us closer to the full realization of our lionhearted humanity, if you will.

Advent... leads to a growing inner stillness and joy allowing me to realize that the One for whom I am waiting has already arrived and speaks to me in the silence of my heart.

You are inclined to do something about the externals of your pain in order to relieve it; this explains why you often seek revenge. But real healing comes from realizing that your own particular pain is a share in humanity's pain. That realization allows you to forgive your enemies and enter into a truly compassionate life.

In solitude we can come to the realization that we are not driven together but brought together. In solitude we come to know our fellow human beings not as partners who can satisfy our deepest needs, but as brothers and sisters with whom we are called to give visibility to God's all-embracing love. In solitude we discover that community is not a common ideology, but a response to a common call. In solitude we indeed realize that community is not made but given.

Knowledge does not come to us by details, but in flashes of light from heaven.

The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. We

Yes, in fact, it's hard to believe this, but it was almost 18 years ago when I first got the idea.

My grandparents actually, whenever they got the chance, took me to Broadway, but that started when I was in high school, because that's when I realized... At the very beginning of high school, I realized, 'Oh my gosh. Okay, this is a career choice for me.' So yeah, then they always brought me to New York to see Broadway shows whenever they could.

When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what is going on.

It was not so much that a door opened as that I suddenly found that a door had been open all along which I had only just then stumbled upon.

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

The shepherd who would give more abundant life to the lost sheep is bound to have wolves howling about him and thus to be led ultimately to his death. It was only the sight of the Shepherd crucified that made the sheep realize how much the Shepherd cared.