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Men and women are most alike at their most mature and soulful levels. Men and women are most different only at their most immature and merely physical levels.

Richard Rohr

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Richard Rohr
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 20
Catholic Priest
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If God continues to give me health and a sane mind and verbal ability, I want to teach.
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When we can see the image of God where we don't want to see the image of God, then we see with eyes not our own.
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The ego hates losing – even to God.
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Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing.
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A paradox is a seeming contradiction, always demanding a change on the side of the observer. If we look at almost all things honestly we see everything has a character of paradox to it. Everything, including ourselves.
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Jesus is the very concrete truth revealing and standing in for the universal truth.
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