There are those usual people who try desperately to appear unusual and there are unusual people who try to appear usual.
— Richard Hugo (1923–1982), Dichter und Hochschullehrer
Source: The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing (über goodreads, Wortlaut nicht gegengeprüft)
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Wisdom & Understanding, Humility & Pride
Occasions: For Reflection
Richard Hugo
Richard Hugo (1923–1982) war ein US-amerikanischer Dichter und Hochschullehrer, der an der University of Montana lehrte. Sein literarisches Werk ist geprägt von der Auseinandersetzung mit menschlicher Verlorenheit, persönlichen Krisen und den melancholischen Landschaften des pazifischen Nordwestens. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Texte über Schmerz und die Würde des unvollkommenen Lebens existenzielle Anknüpfungspunkte zum Nachdenken über Trost und Resilienz.
All quotes by Richard Hugo (29)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson