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Greatest Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.
- As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a sacred discipline, a guard of…
- I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.
- Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some of the greatest…
- Friendship is one of the greatest gifts a human being can receive. It is a bond beyond common goals, common interests, or common histories. It…
- As long as our restlessness, anxiety, and feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we have opened each…
- The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
- I kept running around it in large or small circles, always looking for someone or something able to convince me of my Belovedness. Self-rejection is…
- Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
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- The greatest evil is physical pain. — Saint Augustine
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- He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon