Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
John O'Donohue Quotes
It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined, a face that has been deeply inhabited, to look in the eyes and find light there.
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| Birth: | 1st January, 1956 |
| Death: | 4th January, 2008 |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Profession: | Philosopher, Poet, Priest |
About
John O'Donohue was an Irish poet, author, priest and Hegelian philosopher. He earned degrees in English, Philosophy, and Theology at St Patrick's College, Maynooth. He was ordained as Catholic priest on 6 June 1979. He received his PhD in philosophical theology from Eberhard Karls University, Germany. In 1990, he returned to Ireland to continue his priestly duties, and began his post-doctoral work on the 13th century mystic, Meister Eckhart. He wrote several books include: Echoes of memory (poetry), Anam Cara, Eternal Echoes, Conamara blues (poetry), Divine Beauty, Benedictus, To Bless the Space Between Us, and The Four Elements (essays).
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