Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.
Richard HollowayThe wrong question to ask of a myth is whether it is true or false. The right question is whether it is living or dead, whether it still speaks to our condition.
Richard HollowayWhen true forgiveness happens it is one of the most astonishing and liberating of the human experience.
Richard HollowayThere are many strengths in modern society, but one of its weaknesses is the breakdown of many of the old structures and networks that supported people in times of crisis and need. Whenever we lose a strengthening element in society, we need to replace it with alternative systems as quickly as possible. Befriending schemes are a crucial part of this process, because they fill the gap that social erosion has left in the lives of so many vulnerable people.
Richard HollowayWhen a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of 'Time,' it is already out of fashion.
Richard HollowayMeditation on the majestic energyof the universe should increase our love for humanity, should widen, not narrow, our hearts.
Richard HollowayThe institutions that claim to represent God, when they are not ignored altogether, are treated like other human institutions that have to earn their right to a hearing by the value of what they say, and not by virtue of who is saying it. Today, authority has to earn respect by the intrinsic value of what it says, not by the force of its imposition.
Richard Holloway