The soul is always wiser than the mind, even though we are dependent on the mind to read the soul for us. - John O'Donohue

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The soul is always wiser than the mind, even though we are dependent on the mind to read the soul for us.

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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.

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The Celtic mind was not burdened by dualism. It did not separate what belongs together. The Celtic imagination articulates the inner friendship that embraces Nature, divinity, underworld, and human world as one.

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