“The theological virtue of hope is the patient and trustful willingness to live without closure, without resolution, and still be content and even happy because our Satisfaction is now at another level...”

Richard Rohr

“Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.”

Richard Rohr

“Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future.”

Richard Rohr

“Power should be entrusted only to those who do not seek it.”

Richard Rohr

“The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo—even when it's not working. It attaches to past and ...”

Richard Rohr