There is a poetic import to the phrase ‘without a shadow of… - John O'Donohue

" "
There is a poetic import to the phrase ‘without a shadow of a doubt’: in all probability, there is no doubt without a shadow. Doubt is the shadow cast when something gets in the way of the light. Ironically, doubt itself often brings greater light because of the shadow it casts.

John O'Donohue

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About 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.

Biography information from Wikiquote

All quotes from John O'Donohue Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like John O'Donohue:

David Whyte Rainer Maria Rilke Mary Oliver Frederick Buechner Rabindranath Tagore

Additional quotes by John O'Donohue

The call to the creative life is a call to dignity, to a life of vulnerability and adventure and the call to a life that exquisite excitement and indeed ecstasy will often visit.

This breakage within us is what makes us human and vulnerable. There is nothing more sinister than someone whose mind seems to be an absolute circle; there is a helpless coldness and a deadly certainty about such a presence.

The deepest things that you need are not elsewhere. They are here and now in that circle of your own soul. Real friendship and holiness enable a person to frequently visit the hearth of his solitude;

There is a poetic import to the phrase ‘without a shadow of a doubt’: in all probability, there is no doubt without a shadow. Doubt is the shadow cas… - John O'Donohue

About John O'Donohue

Advanced Search Filters

Additional quotes by John O'Donohue

Limited Time Offer