Quotes by Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

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Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future. — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101. — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Those who are not true leaders or elders will just affirm people at their own immature level, and of course immature peo — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
If we seek spiritual heroism ourselves, the old ego is just back in control under a new name. There would not really be — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place. — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
It is no surprise that the first and always unwelcome message of male initiation rites is LIFE – IS – HARD. — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
When we fail we are merely joining the great parade of humanity that has walked ahead of us and will follow after us. — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and cl — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
God seems to be about turning our loves around and using them toward the great love that is their true object. — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Once you see that your skin and your gift are two sides of the same coin, you can never forget it. It preserves religion — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
When you get your,'Who am I?', question right, all of your,'What should I do?' questions tend to take care of themselves — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you o — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
I do not think you should get rid of your sin until you have learned what it has to teach you. — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
The cross solved our problem by first revealing our real problem, our universal pattern of scapegoating and sacrificing — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing. — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
I have prayed for years for one good humiliation a day, and then, I must watch my reaction to it. I have no other way of — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
The shape of evil is much more superficiality and blindness than the usual list of hot sins. God hides, and is found, pr — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
If change and growth are not programmed into your spirituality, if there are not serious warnings about the blinding nat — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life