John Powell (Jesuit) Quotes

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We must be trying to learn who we really are rather than trying to tell ourselves who we should be.

John Powell

Love supposes, is, and does many things, but basically it is practiced in the act of sharing.

John Powell

It is essential that our love be liberating, not possessive. We must at all times give those we love the freedom to be themselves. Love affirms the other as other. It does not possess and manipulate another as mine.

John Powell

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection.

John Powell

You have a unique message to deliver, a unique song to sing, a unique act of love to bestow. This message, this song, and this act of love have been entrusted exclusively to the one and only you.

John Powell

Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.

John Powell

Love demands that I learn how to focus my attention on the needs of those I love.

John Powell

Honest, open communication is the only street that leads us into the real world... We then begin to grow as never before. And once we are on this road, happiness cannot be far away.

John Powell

John Powell

John Powell

Born: 1925

Died: 2009 (aged 84)

Bio: John Joseph Powell, was a Jesuit priest and author, and brother of Rita Donlan and William Powell.

Known for:

Why am I afraid to tell you who I am?
Fully human, fully alive
The secret of staying in love
Abortion, the silent holocaust
A life-giving vision

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