67 Quotes by David Steindl-Rast

The goal is partly the enjoyment; it doesn’t come later, but within the very process of the struggle.

A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.

By looking up, by raising our eyes above our limited horizon, we are more likely to perceive the blessings hidden in affliction.

There is no one harder to live with than an artist. Therefore an artist is a real gift because he or she raises the sanctity of everyone else in the community.

The challenge is to learn to respond immediately to whatever it is time for. Not to wonder whether you have time for it or whether you like it, but simply to respond when it is time.

The experience of love and the experience of death destroy the illusion of our self-sufficiency. The two are closely connected, and to become fully human we must experience both of them.

Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.

Wherever we may come alive, that is the area in which we are spiritual.

At any moment the fully present mind can shatter time and burst into Now.